what do u think of anti-depressant pills?

Question

i think they are the worst thing to take they are addictive and it dont help all it does is get u all messed up then u dont think abought stuff u dont what think abought. people should find out what the are so depresed abought and do something abought it not sit they all messed up STOP WITH THE MEDS THEY ARE KILLING YOU

Answer 1

Are you asking a question or shouting from a soapbox to be heard?

I fully agree with you. The trouble is that people don't want to deal with life anymore and look for a pill.... a quick fix for everything.

Sadness is now equated with a mental illness problem. It's not. Sadness is a part of life. People need to be willing to talk to one another and work through things. Grief is normal folks! It's okay to grieve.... even healthy!

Those meds have horrible side effects, including a problem when you try to get off them. Your system becomes accustomed to it and can't function properly without it anymore.

I will never take them. I've seen people horribly destroyed by them, in spite of what doctors and the pharmeceutical companies say about their safety. They all get money out of it, so they have an agenda.... it's a business agenda.... and not out for the good of people.

Best Wishes,

Sue

Answer 2

I think they are a miracle of science. They were created to treat a true, serious, potentially terminal, biologically based illness (depression.) All medications have risks and side effects. But antidepressants are not killing you and that type of ignorance creates a huge problem in this society.
I don't think meds should be the first resort, but if a person is spending their entire life suffering (and true depression is nothing but suffering and it robs you of life) then they should seriously consider medication. The right medication (and it is impossible to know without trying what ones will work for each individual) can change a person's life...can give them back life so they are no longer merely existing. When they work properly, they allow a person to actually work on/ identify their deeper issues. Medication alone is not the recommended treatment for most psychiatric problems. A combination of meds and therapy is how a person gets the best results for managing the symptoms of a mental illness. A person in the midst of an episode of major depression is not able to do the work that therapy involves...the sympoms must first be relieved. They also are not able to just "find out what they are so depressed about" and anyone who has lived through it not only knows this, but finds it infuriating when other people say such ignorant nonsense. Depression is not the same as being sad. The advice you give is not only off target, it is downright dangerous. You are not understanding what you are speaking about.

Answer 3

I agreed with some of you...that drugs are for the weak and the unwilling to be strong. I refused to take meds for about 3 years...and ended up sleeping in my closet and having panic attacks about every 4 hours. I was past the point of operating normally. I was highly paranoid and had horrible obsessive thoughts of inadequacy and failure. Nothing I did was right, I was a horrible and terrible person who didn't deserve to use up the air that rightfully belonged to someone more deserving. All this was even though I was a straight A student who was very active in high school marching band and was first chair bass clarinet in my entire state. Without the medicines I would be dead. There is absolutely nothing wrong with better living through chemistry. Do you think that schizophrenics aren't trying hard enough to be normal too? Depression stems from a proven chemical imbalance in the brain. There is no shame in taken the steps you need to take in order to correct a biological imperfection. I wish I was enough of a ***** to wish this type of hell onto you but I'm not. No one deserves that type of trials. Not everyone on medications is a pill popping loser who's running from reality. So stuff it.

Answer 4

Hey look, this jerk had my content deleted! He's certainly not shy about screaming his ill-informed perspective from the rooftops, however. I answered his question earlier using the screen name "Baba Yaga":

Hello Baba Yaga (youngbabayaga)

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Question: what do u think of anti-depressant pills?

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Recurrent and severe depressive disorders are not to be dismissed: they are to be taken very seriously and treated as agressively as other serious and debilitating illnesses. You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting that mental illness is the fault of the sufferer: that's it's due to a character flaw. Ignoramuses like you perpetuate the very stigma that causes people to fear seeking help. You should be damn ashamed of yourself. Go crawl back underneath your rock and don't come back out ever again.

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Shame you are so ignorant, speaking of which I wish to share with you an email I received shortly after originally posting my answer (earlier today as Baba Yaga):

From: Poetgirl76

Subject: thumbs up about your response to the antidepressant question

Message: "You said exactly what I wanted to say. I refrained, but I was venting about it to my boyfriend and actually had also used the word ignoramus. I thought it was kind of funny that you said it too. I can not believe how clueless and/or stupid so many people are. It's astonishing really."

YES ASTONISHING INDEED.

Answer 5

Why are you even asking the question unless your doctor has suggested you take some. If you don't then it's none of your business why other people take them. And yes they do help if you take them right and follow your doctors orders about lifestyle changes, exercise, etc. No, they are not addictive either. They are not feel good pills to abuse. They don't make you "happy," or high. They do cause changes in brain chemistry and the body does have to adjust to them and there are side effects, and they are hard to get off of if you've been taking them for a long time, but that does not mean they are addictive.

Answer 6

I have had depression for a long time. It isnt because I dont want to find out what my problem is and work on it. I do see a therapist. The decision to take antidepressants is between me and my doctor. Unfortunately there are side effects sometimes causing the person taking them problems. I feel that it is a good idea to talk it out thouroughly before taking one. The drug companies do make big bucks selling them. The drug reps visit the doctors offices all the time giving out free samples to the doctors. Then, the doctor will turn around and try it out on the patient. Of course, the samples are free, then if you decide to continue, theres the prescriptions, that you pay for. If you dont have help paying for them like insurance, they are hardly affordable. And I realize that the doctor may understand and help you get the meds directly from them for free. I do not believe that they are given out just to mess with your mind.

Answer 7

Well, they saved my life and continue to do so.. Acute depression is serious and we have no control over it. It is a chemical imbalance in the brain..

So maybe diabetics shouldn't take insulin either? There is no difference. My life and MANY other lives depend on these medications to make us feel somewhat "normal".. Without them many of us would be dead or in mental hospitals.

PS: anti-depressants do NOT make you high.. get some education before you start throwing stones!

Answer 8

Everyone is allowed an opinion. They helped me though, some are addictive and others aren't. Depression is an illness, just like cancer, it can kill you. For some people anti-depressants are nessesary to function properly believe it or not. I don't think the meds are killing people, they are helping to keep you alive and happy.

Answer 9

Yes people should find out why they are depressed and deal with it, BUT, depression is often chemical in origin. Plenty of depressed people look at their lives and say, I have a wonderful job, home, kids, money, childhood, etc. Why am I so depressed? The brain is lacking what it needs and the med replaces it.

Answer 10

according to Mohamed Nasr, you can just go on a walk to cure depression. Um, doesn't work little one. Pills are needed in some cases even though they are addictive. I guess even the smartest scientists haven't figured out how to make the perfect antidepressant.