Fluoxetine is one of many meds I’ve tried, all with very little success – in the beginning, my depression eased, then I reached a point of feeling nothing at all, just an emotionless void, followed by a descent into a deeper form of depression bordering on mania at times. After reporting this to my doctor, she increased the dosage, unsure why, and things became unbearable. I was reacting negatively to the drug, so she took me off and we tried some other drugs. So it worked for me for a while, then backfired, big time.
I use only natural stuff. It does not make me sick, sicker, or leave me with a nasty addiction. I don’t know your circumstances, but this is what I do. The natural stuff is working and has been working well for some time reducing depression and anxiety.
L-theanine, St. John’s Wort, 5-MTHF. The first one is for anxiety, the next two for depression. They work well, have for years, except for maybe a day or a few hours once in a while. When I get slammed like that I turn to a few essential oils for relief and I find them working when they are needed.
Lexapro vs prozac (off brand probably) is the question. Both are quite similar, but with different presentations. They work on the same brain chemistry, one of the most common sources of depression. Both provided some help to me, but long term it wasn’t the help I wanted. The way they altered reality was unacceptable to me, making pain a thing I didn’t even feel, sadness beyond me. Lexapro was really rough (per my somewhat reliable memory), causing sleep issues and troubling physical symptoms like sleep paralysis and/or random muscle twitch, an early sign of parkinsons like degeneration.
Prozac I barely remember though, which means it is likely a better option for my chemistry. I remember the negative reactions, the middling don’t stick. It was that(prozac) and off brand tri cyclic medications that produced the most improvement, but never scratched the itch. I never felt whole. The walling off of parts of me was against my will, out of my control, apart from me continuing to take the medications.
It produced immediate effects that took years of therapy to replicate without medication. That’s good. Not everyone HAS years to wait for a cure, and had I avoided taking medication entirely, I’d still be ill with function beyond me for years yet ahead. We use the phrase necessary evil to represent something unpleasant but essential. I’d term it necessary discomfort, even pain. Sometimes it has to hurt to heal, and thus is my experience with anti depressants.
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It didn’t do a thing for me. Well, it made me fall asleep in the middle of the day. But I hope you have better results than I did.
Fluoxetine is one of many meds I’ve tried, all with very little success – in the beginning, my depression eased, then I reached a point of feeling nothing at all, just an emotionless void, followed by a descent into a deeper form of depression bordering on mania at times. After reporting this to my doctor, she increased the dosage, unsure why, and things became unbearable. I was reacting negatively to the drug, so she took me off and we tried some other drugs. So it worked for me for a while, then backfired, big time.
Idk. I refuse to take any kind of meds. When asked about anything deep I just lie my way out of it.
I use only natural stuff. It does not make me sick, sicker, or leave me with a nasty addiction. I don’t know your circumstances, but this is what I do. The natural stuff is working and has been working well for some time reducing depression and anxiety.
What are you unsing?
L-theanine, St. John’s Wort, 5-MTHF. The first one is for anxiety, the next two for depression. They work well, have for years, except for maybe a day or a few hours once in a while. When I get slammed like that I turn to a few essential oils for relief and I find them working when they are needed.
Lexapro vs prozac (off brand probably) is the question. Both are quite similar, but with different presentations. They work on the same brain chemistry, one of the most common sources of depression. Both provided some help to me, but long term it wasn’t the help I wanted. The way they altered reality was unacceptable to me, making pain a thing I didn’t even feel, sadness beyond me. Lexapro was really rough (per my somewhat reliable memory), causing sleep issues and troubling physical symptoms like sleep paralysis and/or random muscle twitch, an early sign of parkinsons like degeneration.
Prozac I barely remember though, which means it is likely a better option for my chemistry. I remember the negative reactions, the middling don’t stick. It was that(prozac) and off brand tri cyclic medications that produced the most improvement, but never scratched the itch. I never felt whole. The walling off of parts of me was against my will, out of my control, apart from me continuing to take the medications.
It produced immediate effects that took years of therapy to replicate without medication. That’s good. Not everyone HAS years to wait for a cure, and had I avoided taking medication entirely, I’d still be ill with function beyond me for years yet ahead. We use the phrase necessary evil to represent something unpleasant but essential. I’d term it necessary discomfort, even pain. Sometimes it has to hurt to heal, and thus is my experience with anti depressants.
Prozac was atrocious. Didn’t do the slightest thing except wrench my ability to orgasm from me. Which is an awful way of being, mind you.
Went on fluoxetine at 14. Got horribly suicidal and literally did not sleep for weeks. Needless to say we ceased the use of medication.