doctors make so much money pushing these drugs its ridiculous. i'll never touch an SSRI those are some fucked up drugs.
i thought i needed it at one point but all i really needed was a lifestyle change.. and once i did that the quality of my life improved tremendously.
there are so many people on anti depressants that dont even really need them. don't get me wrong, some people legitimately need them, but i think most people just need a lifestyle change like me. medication is not always the answer ESPECIALLY fucking SSRI's. that shit is worse for your brain than heroin IMO
I'm glad you qualified your statement with what I highlighted in your post.
My first Clinical Breakdown was in 1975. I was very sick, hospital , Psychiatrists, one on one therapy, group therapy and a lot of meds over the years. It took a few years for science to catch up (it out of hand now) but when I finally found the right Mix and Anti-depressants it saved my life quite literally.
So my saga goes on all these years and still but what I want to say here for everyone who reads you post and mine is your are correct and I am the man that NEEDS them. I don't know why the fvck I stopped (temp) my Prozac last month but I ran out and put off getting it.
So 1 week goes by and my wife (ex) says out of the blue, "Mike are you taking your meds"? I lied and aid of course. Now 3 more days go by and I start to feel a little sad, just off the mark. I ask myself.....and then I just go on. 2 more days go by and the shit hits the fan. I will not describe it's embarrassing , but I know then I have fvcked up AGAIN after all these years, I know better.
I can tell you that there is sometimes physical withdrawal that didn't happen this time but it has when I was on a dose twice as much. I was very, very sick then, suicidal an homicidal. I put myself in the CSU unit here for a week. Well past the 72 hrs. That's all I'll tell.
So I jumped back on my PROZAC. I front loaded (remember I've been doing this for yrs.) and in 2-3
days later I was felling normal. Let me qualify that my NORMAL not high or better than average but ok stable and I knew I was back on the track of life.
I have witnessed many others that have to have the SSRIS meds. I have also witnessed all the Bullshit people that diagnose themselves as well as the quacks and get on them. You now how many people I've com across that say to me "oh I'm Bi-Polar too" huh? and others that say "It's all in your head dude, get over it" or "it's those meds that are making you crazy" If I didn't have them I would have killed myself back then several time over and I AM NOT FVCKING JOKING not making this up. I'm not now and not for quite some time. G@G now...
So thanks for your statement in there because I am a very serious case but I am getting better late in my life. Better late then never. LOL .........OMM