Do Anti-Depressants numb your feelings?

Answer 1

Anti-depressants increases you serotonin or dopamine which causes a happy or euphoric sensation. The brain produces a certain level of these chemicals people have a different threshold of a level where if it drops below it, they become depressed. Anti-depressant decrease the uptake of these chemicals so it stays in the brain longer so it can reach the threshold so you can maintain a "normal" level if not higher.

It does not numb your feeling (I'm assuming you're talking about emotions and not your sense of touch) but it will make you not stress about what you normally would stress you. Depression is sometimes linked to anxiety and it decrease generalized anxiety to an extent. This will make you not care about things that normal bother you.

As i said before, it produces a euphoric feeling for some people because it increases the same brain chemicals as some illegal drugs. Different people react to it differently.

My advice, take it under medical supervision and after 6 months to a year, get off of it slowly and I mean really slowly. Stop taking it over a short period of time (quitting cold turkey) will really mess you up. Its great to get you back into society but should not be used as a crutch for you to lean on for the rest of your life.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

No, they'll just confuse them. Feelings come about through subconscious evaluation of your actions: "did I succeed, did I fail"

When you shortcut handling sadness and depression with a pill, there can't be any realistic evaluation of your efficacy. Eventually, you'll just be jaded, without much use of your power of will.
I suggest handling the depression head on, on a day to day basis, no pills, just a deliberate decision that you live a happy life and persistently rejecting any attitude less (on a moment to moment basis if necessary). The more deliberate you are, the more quickly you'll get momentum. It's worth the risk.

Answer 3

It numbs your senses.
It "compresses" your negative feelings, by having your body produce more serotonin.
But .... the body gets used to those amounts of serotonin, and if you lower the intake, the body starts "decompressing" your negative feelings, and they quickly rush into your reality, and you are depressed again with a plus (which is a minus...) : You become suicidal.
so yes , in a way it numbs your feelings (emotions) until the next pill.

Answer 4

Anti-Depressants are for people with clinical depresson and it's supposed to correct the chemical imbalance in their brain so really..no it doesn't.

Answer 5

In my experience - no. They help stabilise my mood, depression numbs my feelings.

Answer 6

No - they control your negative emotions such as anxiety, negative self-image, low self confidence, suicidal thoughts etc. enabling you to function in society without these unnecessary burdens. But remember that ultimately you are responsible for your moods and can control them - I have!

Answer 7

no- not if you are taking the right dosage.

they just even out the low dips you feel and make it easier to deal with agravation...

look up your med on the internet and do some research...it will explain exactly what the drug does...

Answer 8

If they're prescribed correctly, for the right diagnosis and reasons, in the right dose, generally the answer is "No."

Answer 9

I heard they make you not really care about much. Such as, if someone keyed your car, you'd be like "oh, okay." If your boss said "you are fired." You would be like "Oh, okay."

Answer 10

uhm....I think they are supposed to stabalize them. But, I kinda like your theory. *begs for some little yellow pills* Promise me you'll share? ;)