do you take any antidepressant medication, do you feel like it works?

Answer 1

There are several different classes of antidepressants. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and combination SSRI & norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. Your physician will best be able to determine which medication might give you the best results. What works for one person does not necessarily work for another person. Sometimes, an individual has to try two or three medications until one seems to work.

You may also consider the seasonal affective disorder syndrome. This is sometimes helped by bright light therapy. Bright light therapy has no adverse side effects.

Although classically January and February are the months that affect people most, some people become affected when the days become shorter a month or two after the vernal equinox.

As seasons change, there is a shift in our “biological internal clocks” or circadian rhythm, due partly to these changes in sunlight patterns. This can cause our biological clocks to be out of “step” with our daily schedules.

Melatonin, a sleep-related hormone secreted by the pineal gland in the brain, has been linked to SAD. This hormone, which may cause symptoms of depression, is produced at increased levels in the dark. Therefore, when the days are shorter and darker the production of this hormone increases.

Other research suggests that lack of serotonin, a brain chemical (neurotransmitter) that seems to be triggered by sunlight, is the reason for winter depression. People who are depressed are known to have decreased levels of serotonin in their brains.

Phototherapy or bright light therapy has been shown to suppress the brain’s secretion of melatonin. The device most often used today is a bank of white fluorescent lights on a metal reflector and shield with a plastic screen. For mild symptoms, spending time outdoors during the day or arranging homes and workplaces to receive more sunlight may be helpful. One study found that an hour’s walk in winter sunlight was as effective as two and a half hours under bright artificial light

Answer 2

no i don't take it. but the effects of antidepressants r not quickly seen. it generally takes about 4 weeks to see the full effects of one dose...however u should start feeling a little different with each passing week. if after 3 weeks, u still feel the same, maybe u just need ur dose increased. if u r already at high doses, then u need to try a different class. there r many different types of antidepressants...and it's just matter of trial and error to see which one is best for u. (don't freak out...the trial and error is not totally random...ur doctor can make educated guesses as to which may be more likely to work for u...but ur doctor won't know for sure without u trying it.)

Answer 3

Over the years I have taken many different antidepressant medications, hoping that the doctors will find one that works for me. Unfortunately, after 25yrs, I'm still looking because I havn't found anything that works yet.

Answer 4

Yes I do take them . Have a case of clinical depression. they help up to a point.but then I've had this for years and am now 60. So they don't make me want to jump up out of bed and run around like I was young again.
There are several types and levels of depression. Some meds work better with some than others.

Answer 5

I was one of those supposedly nonexistent people who actually got MORE depressed when taking antidepressants. I do think that they work for most people, eventually, but that doesn't mean that they work for everyone.

Answer 6

Yes, they do work. It takes 4-6 weeks before you see the full effect. Whatever you do, don't stop because you will get into a deeper/darker depression than before.

Answer 7

Yes. It is a life saver for me. It does not completely get rid of the depression but it allows me to function with it.

Answer 8

I take 150 mg of Effexxor XR. and i know that it works.

Answer 9

yes I am taking effexor xr and yes it works very well...a few side effects but nothing much

Answer 10

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