this isnt some stupid post about me trying to score some drugs, so dont go to quick assumptions.I was just wondering , if you take an anti-depressan, which one. Im just bored and wanna see if there's a pattern in the subscriptions.Im on wellbutrin XL. I was on Lexapro but it crapped out on me.
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If youre on AD's...
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American doctors give kids A.D's like candy. Its sick since it makes people get hooked and then they cant cope without taking pills to make them happy. I would never take A.D's because they make life more difficult.
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Your information is a little screwed up.
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Anitdepressants are not for everyone, but some people can't function without them, but can function with them. Should they just shoot themselves instead?
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I found that i wouldn't be where i am today without AD's. They helped me stand back a little and they enabled me to sort my life out without getting bogged down and feeling depressed, helpless, and alone. Don't knock them, they work for a lot of people, but they work in conjunction with your own strength, or councelling and/or live changes as the reason why you got depressed doesn't go away just cos you take them.
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Only other thing I will say (that I don't mean to be so nasty about) is kids in the UK getting them before exams because of stress... Ok, some kids will no doubt be worse than others - with real pressure and so on... but I guess some of these people don't actually need them. My sis was telling me this recently and she was telling me her friend was on them because she needed something to comfort her through the process... Ah well none of my business anyway.
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I have to agree with you both on the fact that they seem to give AD's out to more and more kids, for what seems more and more like teen angst (not meant in any condecending way) being a teenager isn't easy, and a lot of my freinds at that age went through hard times, we all did, but none of us ever went on medication. I was shocked when the daughter of a friend of mine, who is 14 was put on Valium - i was stunned, its such a serious AD and she is only young, and in my opinion it was her parents strictness that was causing the depression, not anything else, and AD's arn't gonna change that!
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I was on bolth wellbutrin xl and lexapro also. (one at a time)I was put on it, by a doctor, because I was really run down and couldnt sleep at night. They did put me in a better mood, I quit smoking, drinking, then my job, then the pills. I just used them to get by till I could figure out what the real problem was.
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Funny how they give hardly any anti depressants out in england and everyone seems ok. Considering this country is a fucking shithole and people have reason to be misserable. When I lived in the usa half my friends were on anti depressiants and half their parents where too and thats not an exageration. I dont know anyone here who is on them. My friends in the USA used to get really fucked when they came off them and my ex gf used to be on them and she was a fucking bitch to me when she gave them up and just ended up having to take them again. So looks like I DO know what I am talking about because its fucking true. A change of life can cure most depression not fucking drugs.
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Oh and also I dont think A.ds are bad they are just over used was my point if you read it.
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No I wouldn't say you do know what you're talking about...where are your medical studies to back your claim up? I can send quite a few your way that prove anti-depressants work.
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I dont need a degree I have lived in two differant cultures, one where they hand out ads like `candy and one where they dont. So if people cant cope without them how is it people here manage to? I know people in the usa who are on them who were given them for fucking bull shit reasons. Yes they are good but if you READ what I said I was saying that in most cases they are NOT needed but I agree some people do. SOme of my friends who were on them DID need them and I'm not fucking knocking them I just am saying mostg of the time they arent needed. Fuck read what I said FFS.
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FFFffffffuck! So your saying that everyoner who gets anti depressants needs them are you. Is that what the fuck youre saying? Give ME a fucking break!!!!!!!! I know people who went on them be`cause they were upset about a bad break up. And guess the fuck what they are still on them because they are HOOKED!!!! But hey all fucking doctors are right I'm sure people need anti depressants because they are slightly sad. ARE MY WORDS GETTING THROUGH TO YOU!!!! ANTI DEPRESSANTS ARE GOOD, ANTI DEPRESSANTS ARE GOOD, ANTI DEPRESSANTS ARE GOOD, ANTI DEPRESSANTS ARE GOOD, ANTI DEPRESSANTS ARE GOOD!!!! JUST NOT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON THEM. IS MY POINT GETTING THROUGH TO YOU??? Not EVERYONE needs antidepressants who is sad. but some people do because they have a mental illness called depression but most people dont. Why cant you people understand what I am saying?
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Don't get upset PossumBoy, I agree with you.
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I have to agree with the PossumBoy. I live in Ireland (no way!) and I know two of my friends suffer from depression. One is very bad and has come very close to the edge. But none of them are on ADs (me neither, but thats just cause I haven't talked about it to anyone). But they are getting much better, they're getting on with their lives, becoming more active members in the group activities and stuff. Strong will and good friends isn't all ya need, but it can be a lot cheaper than drugs and better for the self esteem issues that are a massive part of depression.
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Angel, Valium isn't an antidepressant, it's an anxiolytic. Many of the newer antidepressants are also anxiolytics and are being increasingly used for that purpose, but the two actions are different. Antidepressants relieve depression, anxiolytics relieve anxiety. The old benzodiazepine anxiolytics like Valium are useful for short-term use, such as when someone has got into a real state and can't sleep because of worrying about not being able to sleep - they are good at breaking that sort of cycle - but they are bad for long-term use because tolerance and dependence set in.There's no doubt some doctors over-prescribe medication. However, other doctors under-prescribe. A bit of mood change, a bit of anxiety, are normal and shouldn't need drugs, but people who are incapacitated by depression or anxiety disorders need treatment, and it's cruel to deprive them of it. For these particular disorders, drugs work far better than talking therapy.
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Yes, I agree that for some cases it is neccesary, but what Possum is saying that he has had a long history of seeing people who are given ADs but don't really need them. They grow dependant and they suffer more in the long run.
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long history??? he's 17
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well, maybe not a long history, but a history none the less!
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Yeah but I lived in the usa for 2 years I would say thats long enough to see how many of the kids out there were on A.D's. Like nearly all my friends were. It was rediculess numbers, my friends dad used to be on A.d's and it made him all wierd like he wasnt thinking properly and didnt care about anything. I mean sure they are good in some cases but it fucks with peoples lives so whats the point in percribing them when in most cases it could be cured with a bit of councling or somthing. I used to be really really depressed for like 3 years almost and I managed to get over it without drugs.