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Who's more fucked up?

It's been a while since I've popped in here,but I'm back with a damn good topic. I've recently been put on "Zoloft" a newer "Prozac" type drug. It helps with severe depression, anxiety and other mood disorders. Now I am in no way ashamed of this, I tell people about it and what it's for. I am actually proud of myself beacuse I have procrastinated for years from seeking help. The thing is, I admit that I am fucked up. Yes I am. But I am getting help. Alot of people whomare all close to me are giving me strange looks like I'm gonna'flip out or kill myself. Yet, these are the same people who are first to be deceitful, to lie, to steal and who in my opinion are 10 times worse off than me. My point is to not know how you act and how numb you really are is far worse versus someone like me who isn't scared to deal with her problems. Whatcha'guys think?


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i take antidepressants.
its no biggie, chemical imbalances are a fact of life. im okay with it.
i also have problems with anxiety attacks, but i hate taking the anti anxiety meds...so i try not to. they make me too sleepy.
only you can know if you really need those meds. id rather take my medicine and function than not take it and be afraid to leave the house.

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I'm a chemical imbalance with legs.

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Do you ever think that the amount of people on anti-depressants is weird? Not that I am saying that you don't need them or shouldn't be on them, but I think like 70% of the people that I know (no exaggeration) are on them.

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I'm not DM.

Although:
I will probably be on them soon.

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I personally think antidepressants are way over prescribed. But I am sure the person and doctor know if they are needed.....or not. I dont know of anyone in my rl that is on anything. Hmmmm strange.

Glad to know they work for you guys. I couldnt imagine being depressed or not wanting to even leave the house.

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i think anti depressants are over prescribed as well stellar. i wish i didnt have to take them, but i do. they keep my anxiety attacks and nightmares down to a minimum.

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I've suffered from depression on and off since I was seventeen, but I have never taken anti-depressants. I refuse to become reliant on anything other than my own mind!

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yes, rav, and how is that working out for you?
when was the last time you were happy?


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Originally posted by Princess_Chelle:
yes, rav, and how is that working out for you?
when was the last time you were happy?

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Originally posted by DevilMoon:
Do you ever think that the amount of people on anti-depressants is weird?

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Well this looks like a good place to start.

I take Prozac some of the time. Life is pretty good right now but it wasn't always so. I felt like Rav "I don't need anything to maintain, it's all will power". I let my depression take over. My family life was not the greatest because I was a big Eyore. One night on the way home it was pitch dark and overcast. I came around a blind turn and saw someone passing in my lane. plenty of shoulder and I was doing about 45mph. I just looked at the other car and thought it's too much trouble to swerve, this won't hurt much I'll be dead and no more problems. I have never been suicidal but at that moment I truely didn't care. I have a wife and three sons. I started taking anti depressants for them. They are happier and so am I. I am off them right now but won't wait till things get that fucked up before I start up again.
It sucks to need help, but it sucks more not accepting it.

Ok don't be scared I am not always this serious. This thread just happened to be on top my first time here. I am not much of one to lurk I tend to hop right in.

BTW the other car wasn't in my lane it was a trick of light due to the sharp turn. I never even flinched or tensed a muscle. I would have driven right through that guy. LOL. Something to think about the next time you pass someone. You might be playing chicken with Eyore!

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The fact that Dog Breath says that his family is a reason he takes medication is a very valid point to me.
It is one thing to attempt to deal with a chemical imbalance or other conditions that affect your mental health by just toughing it out, but when these conditions are adversely affecting those around you, it is a different story.
It isn't even a matter of what it is doing to them but it is also the fact that the effects it has on them can cause them to be reacting to you in a negative fashion which is only going to aggrevate YOUR condition even more. Which of course increases the negative reactions, on and on.


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My point of this entire thread was exactly like Rav said,no offense, but I think that a weaker person is someone who doesn't do what's right (getting help.) I have almost lost everything that I have including my wonderful boyfriend because I was just too fricken stubborn to get some meds. What a lame statement Rav...you'd rather make people and yourself miserable, people you suppossedly care about just because you don't want to take drugs. Depression IS NOT something that goes away. And neither is ignorance. Wake up.

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Originally posted by DramaQueen:
My point of this entire thread was exactly like Rav said,no offense, but I think that a weaker person is someone who doesn't do what's right (getting help.) I have almost lost everything that I have including my wonderful boyfriend because I was just too fricken stubborn to get some meds. What a lame statement Rav...you'd rather make people and yourself miserable, people you suppossedly care about just because you don't want to take drugs. Depression IS NOT something that goes away. And neither is ignorance. Wake up.

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Oh yay a personal attack on me

Very few people in my real life have any idea that I suffer from depression so that hardly affects them now does it?

One of my best friends was prescribed anti-depressants and they made him much, much worse - he has still not recovered and prolly never will!

When I went to the doctors about my depression he accused me of being on drugs (which I was not) and eventually tried to prescribe me the same drug that had fucked up my friend. This was five years ago - I still have the unopened pills here in my room.
I am so much better than I used to be and I have done this on my own without the use of drugs!



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in my opinion drugs are for recreational use and to kill the pain of severe trauma.

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quote:

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Who's more fucked up?

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Originally posted by memdink:
Danielle, by far. Skape wants to be, but Danielle takes the cake.

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funny how i took drugs for the most part of 2000, then once i had made the concious decision to stop, i started feeling my problems rather than suppressing them with the drugs. then i reached out for help, and some people close to me attacked me for having the problems and taking the drugs.

in other words, if i had carried on taking drugs, or finding some other way to suppress my worries, then everything would be hunkydory with everyone else, but i would end up being more fucked up. it sucks.

i've never taken anti depressants before, but i think i'll probably end up on something very soon. it's getting harder and harder on my own

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funny how i took drugs for the most part of 2000, then once i had made the concious decision to stop, i started feeling my problems rather than suppressing them with the drugs. then i reached out for help, and some people close to me attacked me for having the problems and taking the drugs.

in other words, if i had carried on taking drugs, or finding some other way to suppress my worries, then everything would be hunkydory with everyone else, but i would end up being more fucked up. it sucks.

i've never taken anti depressants before, but i think i'll probably end up on something very soon. it's getting harder and harder on my own

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i've never taken anti depressants before, but i think i'll probably end up on something very soon. it's getting harder and harder on my own

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Originally posted by Rabble Rouser:
I feel the same way. I've always been one of those people that wanted to believe that I didn't need "artificial happiness," but when I hear my friends say that they can't stand to be around me when I'm like this, I think it's time to try something new...

That and I'm sick of feeling hopeless all the time.

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I once had a shrink try to prescribe me antidepressants. I never found out what she wanted to give me, because I stopped seeing her. I knew I wasn't fucked up enough to need medication. And oddly enough, the depression I'd been feeling at the time went away soon after for a couple years.

I have my depressive moods more often recently, but never enough to warrant drugs. I mostly just sit around feeling sorry for myself. I also have my happy periods as well, so I'm not too bad off.

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I've heard that 40% of the american population are using one of the many listed mood altering drugs.

What happens when it reaches 51%? When the majority of americans have a biochemical imbalance, wouldn't that indicate that those that were fine (49%), who were now the minority, would have the chemical imbalance?

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