I’m on fluoxetine without really any issue.
Thanks, doc
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A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 37 minutes ago
blueamigafan@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Fuck shit like this, I was having VERY stupid thoughts about ending my existence until my girlfriend dragged me to the doctors, yes there are side effects but the alternative is that otherwise I wouldn’t be here anymore.
manuremy@sopuli.xyz 27 minutes ago
Nah, I can’t have feelings sor orgasms and get more fat on top of that, I might as well really end it lol
victorz@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I think the “joke” is that those side effects would make you very sad as well. Pretty counterproductive to the whole problem itself. 😅
But hey, I’m very glad you made it out of that state, and your girlfriend sounds like a real keeper. 💖 Keep on trucking! 🙏
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
of course it’s a joke, but i still find it inappropriate, because it might prevent some people from getting help. even if it would cost one person from not getting help, is to much.
and it’s not like you usually have a bonobos sex drive while being in a heavy depression ;) unfortunately speaking from experience.
OriginalTangle@feddit.org 11 hours ago
Meme 's aside, SSRIs can be a blessing. I’m experiencing it right now.
Miller@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Doc: we are all interested in your bum Me: my bum? Doc: your bum, we want to stick six feet of hosepipe up there Me: I don’t want that to happen Doc: expect not, are you free next Tuesday morning?
Dadifer@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
🎶 check the poo, check the poo 🎶
🎶 our number one test is your number two 🎶
areakode@riskeratspizza.com 15 hours ago
Went through a few antidepressants. Finally stuck with one that works okay. Then I got diagnosed with ADHD. Turns out all my body needed was some Adderall!
Doug@piefed.social 13 hours ago
mirtazapine undid like a year of weight loss progress in under two months and then some; put me back up to the most I’ve ever weighed. I’m off it now and in a better place, but now I gotta get back to it. and the anal fissure doesn’t help ‘cause now I can’t bike anymore until that shit goes away, which has been taking forever to get fully treated.
now it’s boring, accessible treadmills for me and calorie counting all over again. 7 pounds down, 30 more to go.
I wish I didn’t hate exercise so much.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Do they have one to increase the urgency to not be a fat ass?
Gormadt@slrpnk.net 11 hours ago
With the amount of different meds they have available I’m sure there’s one.
When I first went to the doc about my anxiety over the course of 1 year they had me try 15 different anti-anxiety meds before I threw in the towel and said “None of these are working for me and I need to stop this for a little while as it’s really fucking with me.”
About a year later I got diagnosed with ADHD and started meds for that and suddenly my anxiety was in check. In 3 years I’ve only had 2 panic attacks vs nearly weekly ones before. It also feels like I went from going through life on Legendary difficulty to something like Medium. Or put another way: it’s like I went from playing Dark Souls 3 to playing Witcher 3.
teslekova@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
I wish they did, mate.
SourDragon@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You can’t lose weight, but that’s okay because the lack of appetite balances that out! (A common side effect my antidepressants have)
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Lucky
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Tbf the weight gain attributable to sris is tiny, like 0.5 kg over 6 months
sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
I don’t heve experience but would think that’s different from individual to individual
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
It’s true that differences between how individuals react to sris is pretty large and that <0.5kg number is a population wide average
ickplant@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
That may be true for SSRIs, but I have bipolar, and I’m on an antipsychotic that also has antidepressant properties. It made me gain hella weight.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
“Keep your mind light and your booty heavy. Ask your doctor for our antidepressant today!”
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Yeah other meds are different. I assumed OOP was referring to sris because of the cum thing
jdr@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
Idk, after I went on antidepressants only a couple of years later I put on loads of weight
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to tease these things apart because depression itself causes weight gain and there are medication adherence issues especially with longer term studies, but the most well-controlled data suggests that sris don’t play much of a role in weight gain for most people
jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
*that can also make your symptoms far worse!
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
me: I’m sad
Local feral cat: Here’s my three kittens. I must go now, my planet needs me
Vet: This will be expensive and exhausting for you
Therapist: Pets would be good for you, but you won’t be able to keep up with the necessary work and routines. Maybe at a later time.
me: Oh yea? I’ll show you! I will attempt to keep up with the necessary work and routines!
Me again: I failed and broke down immediately
Still me: gotta give up the cats
Yet again me: Perfect…
DankDingleberry@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
sertralin works perfectly fine w/o that stuff
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
For some. If it works for you, you’re lucky. Especially if it’s the first drug you tried.
For others, depression treatment can be a gauntlet of bouncing around between different drugs and drug classes. Some drugs do the opposite of what’s intended. Some take weeks before you know if it’s working or not. if not, and you have to stop taking it, you either go cold Turkey risking bizarre withdrawal symptoms and worse issues, or its a slow taper of weeks or months to avoid those.
There are things with higher success rates, like ketamine, MDMA, and electroconvulsive therapy (which sounds scary, but it’s been and continues to be refined and modernized). Although these are known to work, they’re a lot more expensive if they’re even accessible, and patients (at least in my area) have to survive the drugs and talk therapy gauntlet first before they’re allowed to use them.
TipRing@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Sertraline was actual torture for me. I stopped sleeping entirely, had constant chills, pounding headache, mood instability where I would just start sobbing for no reason. Started on week 3 and by the end of the week I was begging my doctor to take me off it.
Sister had similar results. I ended up on different meds.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I wish
LePoisson@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Took me a few months on sertraline to get back to my horny self and even being able to cum - a frustrating few months indeed - but it helps a ton with the anxiety and eventually I got back to busting nuts so I think it’s worth it.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Are you daft? It works perfectly fine without side effects for some amount of people. But not nearly everyone.
I’ve stayed on it because I don’t want to go through the hassle of trial and error with others, but I don’t have that many side effects after many dose modifications.
It’s asinine to think it works for everyone as intended. Please educate yourself before spouting such bs.
Also, it’s Sertraline (generic name).
antianarchist@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
With venlafaxine (SNRI), you don’t have the weight gain, but it fucks up your heart. Love the positive effects, though, still have to switch and I don’t like that at all. There is no similar SNRI. It is suggested to try sertraline + modafinil.
UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 6 hours ago
+1 for venlafaxine, which I also had to switch from because it gave me hypertension. zoloft doesn’t hit the same.
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
Love the ones where you never wake up and are constantly moving through a fog.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Idk not waking up sounds pretty nice ngl
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
You’re kinda still doing stuff, you’re just disconnected. It’s all the bad, not much of the good.
hOrni@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
How many calories do these pills have?
myyass@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Just wait until it turns into pills and you’re still fucked and now worse off. Your brain chemistry might change permanently.
Hard pass.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
[deleted]BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Maybe for you. Obviously it’s not the same for everyone. I gained like 20 kg on it. I’m back down now after stopping and really trying to lose it.
All of these medications work drastically differently depending on the person.
Why do people not think of this?
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Mirtazapine is an appetite stimulant. They give it to old people a lot so they eat and sleep better. Happy it works for you though
IamMoonPie@lemmy.world 18 minutes ago
I’d rather have weird side effects and be fat than be dead.