Comments on: Why Anti-depressants Don't Work

By: carissa

carissa — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:24:57 +0000

i understand what you mean. im finging my slef very depressed and i have very bad mood swings.ive been to my dr twice on three diffriet meds they all made me lifeless like a zombie i see im not the onley one …..they also made me irritable like the slighest thik would set me off..so i dont think anti depressnts work i agree wiht this artical

By: ME

ME — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:26:37 +0000

i tried prozac
never really did anything for me

By: michelle

michelle — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:45:04 +0000

SEARCH THE WORDS "CHEMICAL IMBALANCE FRAUD"
THERE IS NOTHING SCIENTIFIC ABOUT IT.THEY STILL HAVE NO PROOF OF A CHEMICAL IMBALLANCE.THEY ARE JUST USING PEOPLE AS LAB RATS.

By: Jeni

Jeni — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:22:39 +0000

I'm an adult with Attention 'deficite'.. and when I'm overwhelmed I get depressed. I find it hard to find a dr. who actually understands women with ADD.. When I was really depressed and suspected ADD a male docter decided I was really just bi-polar- and put me on Wellbutrin… It made me angry all the time.. so I stopped taking it. I'm intellegent and normal for the most part.. and dr.s seem to just brush me off because I'm not hyper.. finally when I went for a regular checkup with my regular physician.. and just started bawling when she asked how things are going.. she put me on generic prozac- fluoxetine.. that helped me alot! for awhile.. then I started trying my kids add meds.. and wow. I could actually get things done at work.. not always 'wandering off' when I have repetative stuff to do. after a 2 yrs on fluoxitine.. i took myself off.. now I'm depressed again.. just want to go live in a place far away from the world.. wverwhelmed.. supposed to start on a different anti-depressant- citalopram (generic clexa).. to broke right now to go buy it.. I had been trying holistic- natural stuff.. but its not working. plus I'm pretty sure my hormonal thing really messes with my mood- before and during my period Im always way down.. So- I think the RIGHT mix of chemicals can help- and the wrong ones can be horrible.

By: Tari Faye

Tari Faye — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:18:24 +0000

Doesn't this sound familiar to me… I had horrible mood swings. Most of them were a really deep depression that took me, at LEAST, six months to get out of it. And my bi-polar isn't even as bad as my dad's! The only thing, I believe, that kept me alive was the fact that I see suicide as a sin. I took two different mediactions AT THE SAME TIME and many of my friends tell me that I wasn't the same when I was on them. I was indeed like a zombie. I felt like the creative person in my mind had been lost to oblivion. When on those pills, I couldn't draw, write, barely think like I used to, and all my inspiration was gone.
I did and still do have a bi-polar disorder, but I've learned to solve things in my life, instead of taking a 'quick-fix'. And I'm glad to read that someone feels the same way as I do…

By: DaniMarie

DaniMarie — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:04:24 +0000

I agree with the blindly perscribing antidepressants . My best friend is taking them because she gets " depressed " about homework . She also takes ADHD medicine but her mom is a shrink . I really agree with the concept that its a quick fix and think that sometimes parents will kinda influence kids to think they are depressed so that the parents don't have to talk things out or help with homework as seems to be my bestfriend's case .

By: Niki

Niki — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:37:46 +0000

I've had two serious battles with depression, and both encounters were because of my losing someone I was close to. I definitely, 100% agree that more often than not the cause of one's depression is based on a solid problem in their life as opposed to a "chemical imbalance". As a last resort, I began taking Zoloft to help deal with every awful feeling I was feeling. I took the pill for three days & I would NEVER take any anti-depressant again. I experienced side effects the second I swallowed that pill. I had a burst of energy followed by sleepiness but not being able to sleep, excessive night sweating, nausea, dizziness & irritibility. That's supposed to make me happier? Riiiiight. I feel so strongly about people NOT using a pill to cover up an unresolved issue. Thank you for writing this paper.

By: kaymax

kaymax — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:17:15 +0000

The causes of depression can be environmental
or genetic or both. If you feel you cant control your depression without meds, sorry to say, its better to be a zombie than to suffer.

By: Alias DUR>>>>>

Alias DUR>>>>> — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:47:46 +0000

I was on welbutrin then i went off (without pysch's knowledge, and i actually became less depressed, Im depressed like you suggested not because of a chemical imbalance but my own problems that i have to work out, although i have no desire to do so. previously i was on another antidepressent that made me feel like killing myself and that sucked. Feel horrible on the pill, Feel horrible off of it, so whats the difference?

By: pray your life was just a dream

pray your life was just a dream — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:34:44 +0000

im …. and ive found that the only anit depressant that works is music…..problem solved, now writhe in the fucked hell that your mind blankets your heart with.