anyones life changed for the better after using antidepressants?

Question

has anyones life changed for the better using anti depressants and also what were u like before using them? how desperate were u?

did they make u feel more alive and awake and more in the real world and more in reality,

Answer 1

I was mild to moderately depressed but when I started Zoloft I became much worse. I would have more anger fits than before and also began to have thoughts of suicide, which I never thought of before. I was 16 at the time and I really don't recomend teenagers to take anti depressants because of my expirience especially if you're on other medication like I was. It's a lot to go through with constant adjustments to this medication and that medication it was more of a hassle than a help.

Answer 2

Since I almost died from an alcohol induced overdose of tranquilizers, I would say yes my life changed for the better after using antidepressants. I would never have had the opportunity to become a mother if I died back in 97 when I wanted to. But, "even sunshine burns if you get too much". All these years later I find that antidepressants stop working then I have to go through all the nonsense finding a new one that will work.

Answer 3

I found that they really made the out look on life better, but only after some messing about with the right dosage and combinations. I was on anti phsycotics too at the time so took my shrink a few attempts to get the right medication together. Dont expect to feel great the next day, you will go through a week or so saying "this is rubbish, it dont work" you will feel worse too, but it does get better, much better in fact. Most important though is you combine this with a different therapy. Namely talk to your shrink, tell them every thing, they really are helpfull people who dont judge you or the things you think or feel or have done. Good Luck

Answer 4

Yes! I have had problems with depression my entire adult life; I've taken a variety of medications - some helped for a while, but most didn't. Last summer, my doctor prescribe Lexapro for me, and it has made a huge improvement. I do definitely feel more in touch with my surroundings and with other people; I also feel able to do the ordinary things that most people would take for granted. I also go for therapy once a week, and am grateful that is available to me.

It's difficult to describe my feelings before receiving medical attention; I am intelligent enough to know that my ability to perceive things was impaired, so I'm not sure I can really describe it to you. I was not suicidal, but I was very close; now, I feel as though there is hope for me, that I have things to live for, and that I'm capable of achieving some of the things I want in life.

Good luck!!!!

Answer 5

I was prescribed an antidepressant as a sleep aid. I was having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep all night. The results of which made me quite surly during the day.

Since I began taking this particular med (only at night because it makes you drowsy) I have had quite a few good nights' sleep and consequently feel better.

Another situation (not my own) is when my sister's husband passed away suddenly. She was in the doctor's office and stated that she would frequently cry "at the drop of a hat". Her dr. also prescribed antidepressants. However, she says they made her feel like a zombie with no emotions at all. I think in her case, she really had a reason to be depressed, unlike clinical depression in which you would have an overall feeling of sadness for no explainable reason.

So, ultimately, I think everyone's situation is different, and you need to be able to communicate to your doctor and don't be afraid to question him (or her).

Answer 6

NO! Unfortunately it didn't help at all! I've been on antidepressants of every kind for many years.I've tried everything.I was like hypnotised.I had suicidal tendencies and I wanted to hurt myself anyway in every way. I hated me.But I was thinking that I was having fun and I couldn't live without them.So I eventually quit. But my life is not better now either.I can't get my life back on track. I think I can't be social or creative without medication. That's not truth. I'll try to stay away.

Answer 7

Over the long term ADs got me over a very bad time. The state they created was better than the state I was in - effects of long term life threatening illness and a personality that couldn't hack it - but far below any 'normal' reality.
They suppressed the extreme feelings - collecting tablets, tidying up my finances and planning goodbyes at one stage - but they suppressed the potential highs as well, always with a slightly off-centre feeling when with other people.

I wouldn't hesitate to use them again in a similar situation, and I wouldn't hesitate to migrate off them at the earliest possibility.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, they can help you over the bad times but they create another reality which doesn't quite make it for me.

Answer 8

Suffer from chronic back pain and arthritis. Was on St John's Wort for 6 years. Skin became really sensitive so completely stopped. Not easy! Still have bad days but try and have a positive image in my mind and look forward to the good things in life. Have a lot to be happy about, but not always easy to figure out how to drain the swamp when you are up to your nuts in crocodiles.

Answer 9

yes , to me they changed me for the better. I was always the shy quiet type, Who let people run all over me. I was extremely depressed, not at the point of suicide. I felt like dying sometimes but never really wanted that to happen. I was just miserable. I had OCD. I also had very bad anxiety attacks. I couldn't sleep, and I cried constantly. I think the anxiety attacks caused my depression. But my Doctor put me on Zoloft and after a couple of weeks, I just got better and better, I felt like I did before I got depressed. It has helped me tremendously.

Answer 10

Yes and no.

I was a research subject to a new antidepressant which did wonders for me.

I tranferred to celaxa which was OK, but not as effective as the first.

I got a notice that I was never on the medication for the study..

It did teach me that my depression was self-generated, so I got rid of those aspects of my life that made it so.

It's not perfect, but it's better