I Am Confused. I Have Always Suffered Depression Ever Since A Child. However, I Am Often A Happy And Giggly Person. How Can Both Exist?
I am diagnosed as clinical or severe depression. I have been on every antidepressant there is.. the medicine I was on prior to the one I’m on now was Effexor Xr. To my knowledge, this is one of the most successful depression medication around today. I was on it for 10 years. What I found out was I wasn’t feeling good or bad. I just felt nothing. I missed the normal feelings that come with different situations in our life. I also noticed that as it tone down my depression, it also toned down… read more
I am a lot better than I was. I meet with my psychiatric nurse practitioner regularly. I think meds need to be constantly reviewed and changed if needed.
It definitely does not provide a magical response like I think I thought it it would.
I was recently off of my meds for several months because I was sick of being emotionless all the time. But being off of them made me extremely moody and anxious. I just started back on them last weekend. I can't seem to find any in between. I'm either tired and emotionless on meds or stressed out and anxious off of them.
My anti depressants make me flat. I guess it's better than being real depressed but not by much
I mean this, with no rudeness whatsoever, that is just not who I am. But when I read your post, this saying came to my mind.
The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result
Please do not be offended by what I said. I only said it because I hope you understand that maybe you need to try a different approach or a different doctor.
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