For you too, man.
I was well into adulthood, when it was prescribed for me. I’d gone to the doctor because I didn’t know if I was tired because I was depressed or depressed because I was tired. She misdiagnosed me, put me on Paxil, which made me, well, you know.
I found that I couldn’t concentrate on anything long enough to make a difference, you know, like grad school. It also was, I believe, a contributing factor in other difficulties.
No one should have to go through what you are going through.
Fortunately for me, all the Prozac did was a whole lot of nothing. Like most of them do. To the best of my memory, the only ones that ever gave me really bad side effects were Lithium and Geodon. The first one did something weird to my legs (I couldn’t walk for a bit) and made me puke. The second nearly killed me, and messed up my nerves. Most of the muscle twitches have stopped by this point but they aren’t gone completely. I don’t know if they ever will be. They sneak up on me randomly now.
It was back when I was 17. I just recently turned 22. It caused my hair to curl up, become brittle and fall out, it jumbled my mind and made me feel like I lost 30 IQ points (To this day I am still considerably stupider than I was before I took Prozac), it caused spasms in my stomach, and it made me feel like a woman even though I am a boy, oddly enough, among other things… I hate whoever invented Prozac and wake up everyday wanting my mind back and wishing I had never taken it… it ruined me.
Right, everyone and their reactions can be different I know, but the possibility that it might freaks me out…. that’s why I am trying to get as many opinions from people as I can just to get an idea which have the worst and most common bad side effects.
I just don’t feel comfortable with Prozac… I haven’t heard good things about it. I am on Wellbutrin right now and I feel a little better but wondering if I could use the dosage upped just a tad… it came from my Pcp though so not sure how comfortable she is on upping dosage. I have an appointment to see her as follow up in a month to discuss how it’s working out which will probably happen before I can get into a psych appointment. I have also only been on it a week so I’m sure my body and brain are still getting used to it and haven’t gotten the full benefit it has to offer yet probably. I do feel more energetic and less foggy though.
I actually requested buproprion after researching it, and had my dosage increased a few months ago, again at my request. I’m starting to wonder if it has affected my memory more than I originally thought. It’s hard to tell, I can’t remember. Wait…what was I saying?
Oh, you have the tinnitus too? We haven’t been able to figure out if that’s the cause or my orthodontic problems. I’m getting Invisalign in a few days, so we’ll find out eventually.
It was added to the citalopram I was already on. I don’t think my depression is as extreme as some others though so I’m not sure I need a heavy duty drug… I don’t know, I am so new to all this.
Amen. That list could read:
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Big corporations making big bucks poisoning hurting souls.
I know! The way this stuff is cranked out its like you have be a god damn scientist and psychiatrist yourself to keep yourself safe… I mean most probably don’t care it’s not their life that’ll be affected. That’s why when I get my psychiatrist I am making sure they are aren’t the pill pushing type. I am not looking for a dictator for a dr, but a team mate.
Wish me luck hahaha . I know it’s easier said than done. But I am serious about being really careful with the medication part. So I need to find a therapist that doesn’t expect to just have me popping pill after pill like some do. Their approach has to be likeminded with mine or it won’t work for me.
Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact… same fucking thing… over and over again expecting… shit to change… That. Is. Crazy. The first time somebody told me that, I dunno, I thought they were bullshitting me, so, boom, I shot him. The thing is… he was right. And then I started seeing, everywhere I looked, everywhere I looked all these fucking pricks, everywhere I looked, doing the exact same fucking thing… over and over and over and over again thinking: “This time is gonna be different. No, no, no please… This time is gonna be different.” I’m sorry, I don’t like… The way… you are looking at me… Okay, Do you have a fucking problem in your head, do you think I am bullshitting you, do you think I am lying? Fuck you! Okay? Fuck you!… It’s okay, man. I’m gonna chill, hermano. I’m gonna chill… The thing is… Alright, the thing is I killed you once already… and it’s not like I am fucking crazy. It’s okay… It’s like water under the bridge. Did I ever tell you the definition… of insanity?”
After one pill of Seroquel I went crazy and attempted suicide. After three weeks of Escitalopram I got manic. Now I take Pramolan sometimes and it keeps me mind at peace when needed, unless it wears off, it’s no good if it does.
I’m on celexa it works alright but I still need my xanax for those out of control moments aka at least twice a day plus colonopam and morphine for pain and some muscle relaxers and I usually take Advil and exedrine by the handful 4 times a day. All stuff that weed could handle if it were legal. Ps so many pills that offing myself with pills is out of the question
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Yup. I’ve been on Prozac. Fucked up my mind and body and to this day I still haven’t recovered.
me, too.
Sorry 🙁
For you too, man.
I was well into adulthood, when it was prescribed for me. I’d gone to the doctor because I didn’t know if I was tired because I was depressed or depressed because I was tired. She misdiagnosed me, put me on Paxil, which made me, well, you know.
I found that I couldn’t concentrate on anything long enough to make a difference, you know, like grad school. It also was, I believe, a contributing factor in other difficulties.
No one should have to go through what you are going through.
That sounds awful. How long ago was that?
Fortunately for me, all the Prozac did was a whole lot of nothing. Like most of them do. To the best of my memory, the only ones that ever gave me really bad side effects were Lithium and Geodon. The first one did something weird to my legs (I couldn’t walk for a bit) and made me puke. The second nearly killed me, and messed up my nerves. Most of the muscle twitches have stopped by this point but they aren’t gone completely. I don’t know if they ever will be. They sneak up on me randomly now.
It was back when I was 17. I just recently turned 22. It caused my hair to curl up, become brittle and fall out, it jumbled my mind and made me feel like I lost 30 IQ points (To this day I am still considerably stupider than I was before I took Prozac), it caused spasms in my stomach, and it made me feel like a woman even though I am a boy, oddly enough, among other things… I hate whoever invented Prozac and wake up everyday wanting my mind back and wishing I had never taken it… it ruined me.
See these are my fears about psych meds… this kind of stuff… so scary to me.
Just feel lucky it hasn’t happened to you. I can never go back to who I was.
Right, everyone and their reactions can be different I know, but the possibility that it might freaks me out…. that’s why I am trying to get as many opinions from people as I can just to get an idea which have the worst and most common bad side effects.
Chocolate is the best Rx. Less side effects and gives you more of a positive effect than any of these drugs.
See I am not going on THAT shit I don’t care what any shrink says!
I used to think like that, but eventually I figured, “Eh, I guess sacrificing my dignity is better than sacrificing my sanity.”
And now I don’t have dignity OR sanity. Life is grand.
I just don’t feel comfortable with Prozac… I haven’t heard good things about it. I am on Wellbutrin right now and I feel a little better but wondering if I could use the dosage upped just a tad… it came from my Pcp though so not sure how comfortable she is on upping dosage. I have an appointment to see her as follow up in a month to discuss how it’s working out which will probably happen before I can get into a psych appointment. I have also only been on it a week so I’m sure my body and brain are still getting used to it and haven’t gotten the full benefit it has to offer yet probably. I do feel more energetic and less foggy though.
I actually requested buproprion after researching it, and had my dosage increased a few months ago, again at my request. I’m starting to wonder if it has affected my memory more than I originally thought. It’s hard to tell, I can’t remember. Wait…what was I saying?
Hahahaha I think it’s actually the opposite for me, it’s made me sharper.
Hahahaha I think it’s actually the opposite for me, it’s made me sharper. The only negative side effect is some ringing in my ears.
Oh, you have the tinnitus too? We haven’t been able to figure out if that’s the cause or my orthodontic problems. I’m getting Invisalign in a few days, so we’ll find out eventually.
Yup tinnitus constantly, but it’s a minor case I think so I can live with it.
It was added to the citalopram I was already on. I don’t think my depression is as extreme as some others though so I’m not sure I need a heavy duty drug… I don’t know, I am so new to all this.
I’m on venlafaxin at the moment, and I haven’t had any suicidal thoughts since. Might be worth a try?
Oh I’ve never heard of that one. How long you been on it?
Amen. That list could read:
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Pharmaceutical Grade Poison
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Big corporations making big bucks poisoning hurting souls.
I know! The way this stuff is cranked out its like you have be a god damn scientist and psychiatrist yourself to keep yourself safe… I mean most probably don’t care it’s not their life that’ll be affected. That’s why when I get my psychiatrist I am making sure they are aren’t the pill pushing type. I am not looking for a dictator for a dr, but a team mate.
You know that’s right.
Wish me luck hahaha . I know it’s easier said than done. But I am serious about being really careful with the medication part. So I need to find a therapist that doesn’t expect to just have me popping pill after pill like some do. Their approach has to be likeminded with mine or it won’t work for me.
Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact… same fucking thing… over and over again expecting… shit to change… That. Is. Crazy. The first time somebody told me that, I dunno, I thought they were bullshitting me, so, boom, I shot him. The thing is… he was right. And then I started seeing, everywhere I looked, everywhere I looked all these fucking pricks, everywhere I looked, doing the exact same fucking thing… over and over and over and over again thinking: “This time is gonna be different. No, no, no please… This time is gonna be different.” I’m sorry, I don’t like… The way… you are looking at me… Okay, Do you have a fucking problem in your head, do you think I am bullshitting you, do you think I am lying? Fuck you! Okay? Fuck you!… It’s okay, man. I’m gonna chill, hermano. I’m gonna chill… The thing is… Alright, the thing is I killed you once already… and it’s not like I am fucking crazy. It’s okay… It’s like water under the bridge. Did I ever tell you the definition… of insanity?”
Vaas Montenegro – 2012
… not unconditionally accepting the form the present moment takes … not accepting what already is and cannot be otherwise.
After one pill of Seroquel I went crazy and attempted suicide. After three weeks of Escitalopram I got manic. Now I take Pramolan sometimes and it keeps me mind at peace when needed, unless it wears off, it’s no good if it does.
Yeah see Seroquel I am iffy to try, like Prozac and Cymbalta I haven’t heard many good things about it it seems.
I’m on celexa it works alright but I still need my xanax for those out of control moments aka at least twice a day plus colonopam and morphine for pain and some muscle relaxers and I usually take Advil and exedrine by the handful 4 times a day. All stuff that weed could handle if it were legal. Ps so many pills that offing myself with pills is out of the question