Do anti depressants seem to make you apathetic (feel like you just don't care about anything)?

Question

In my case it seems they do.

Answer 1

Yes, they can make you feel numb.

Answer 2

Anti-depressants CAN make you apathetic. Try to switch prescriptions or find non-chemical ways to beat depression. Regular exercise and social groups can beat most depression better than pills. Most people who are given drugs do not actually need them. The apathy may be your body's way of telling you just that.

Answer 3

When I was taking effexor that's how I felt. It was exactly what I needed. Got pregnant & had to go off of it. Went back on it after baby was born & it just didn't do anything for me. Now I'm on Paxil & it just don't seem to be working & the dose has been increased twiced.
I don't think I'll ever find anything to work for me like effexor did before. To not care about things & not be constantly worried & not anxious or panicky.... isn't that what these meds are suppose to do?

Answer 4

Yeppers, that's how I was made to feel. I didn't have a care in the world about anything! Things that I should have cared about didn't matter.

Admittedly, they were very beneficial when I needed them. I decided to slowly wean myself off of them and increased my communication with God. I made it through just fine.

I'd still use an antidepressant if needed in the future. I just don't like being "numb" when I'm otherwise, very passionate...about anything to which I give my time.

Answer 5

Of course. It is a drug. It is just a legal drug. And things like marijuana are illegal. But both are classified as drugs. I was on prozac before when I was diagnosed with depression and I just stopped taking it. It would try and kill my emotions and I could not have that. Then I was hanging out with a friend who's girlfriend is a nurse and she told me that study with that drug actually can make people suicidal. And it is for depression. Go figure.

PEACE!

Answer 6

about 25 years ago my doctor put me on anti-depressants and i felt numb from the neck up. i couldn't feel happy sad angry or anything. last year my doctor wanted to put on a different kind of anti depressant. i threw the prescription out and changed doctors. that was probably a mistake. if my doctor thought i needed to be medicated i probably did. ask you doctor if this is just a short term side effect of the drug.

Answer 7

I serisouly believe that they def do make you feel nothing... For years i couldnt cry.. i hated people and animals.. People would call me cold because i could care less of peoples feelings.. I just never cared about anything ever. When i got off my meds about 3 months ago i cried for the first time in 12 years!!!! I actually care about people and animals now too! Its reallt weird having these feeling that i never experienced before...

Answer 8

I have been on several different meds and the only one that ever did that to me was Prozac. I am taking it again though for post partum depression and it hasn't had the same effect. I think it just depends on the person and the medication.

Answer 9

Depends on the antidepressant. SSRI's (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro) often cause apathy as can effexor. Wellbutrin and Remeron, EmSam(the patch) are much less likely to cause apathy. Depression itself, of course, can cause apathy.
Good luck

Answer 10

I don't know how long that you have been on them but that should not happen. They are only to stable your depression not make you forget and act like you don't care about anything.

Answer 11

on the contrary. anti-depressants give me a sense of normalcy and a strong desire to live a fully active life. perhaps your dosage is too low. that could cause the feelings you are eperiencing. check w/your doctor to see if s/he feels there's a need to up your medication. it happens all the time, so please don't despair. help is available.