Mental health- anti depressants?
Show your support
I work as a mental health nurse so have always been pro medication because I’ve seen it work when nothing else did so as soon as I realised I was depressed I was on medication alongside other therapies x
I hate medication cause of my mom abusing it growing up but I decided to start the lowest dose of Zoloft when I was having intrusive thoughts of hurting myself and starting pointless arguments with my partner
I was so against medication as well but i knew I can’t help myself or my coming baby with the depression i was dealing with. I was very short tempered too and it was effecting my relationship. I took zoloft and i am so happy about it.
Always been pro medication, it can be rough for a few weeks but after that it makes such a difference, feel like I’ve got my spark back. There’s no need to suffer, give it a go and stick with it for a month and see how you go, no harm in trying x
I was anti meds for the longest time. I get it from my mom who would fight taking Tylenol until she couldn’t take the headache anymore. I denied the depression to everyone, including myself. When my mom passed away last year, I couldn’t deny it anymore. I felt like I was drowning and couldn’t make it to the surface. I cried a lot, which is to be expected when dealing with a loss, but it was more than that. It brought up the ache of losing my dad at 11 again. I was lost and alone, even though I was surrounded by people. I was picking fights with my hubby all the time. Everything irritated me. During a moment of clarity six months into this “funk”, it hit me that my daughter deserves a better mother than what she was getting. More importantly, I deserved a better version of me. I made an appointment the next day, and discussed my options. After a lot of thought, I decided on taking Zoloft.
I come from a family of doctors and I had meds thrown at me since highschool. I became anti medication in University, self medicating with alcohol, in my early 30s I got sober and STILL felt so horrible, so I finally tried Effexor. It also has anti anxiety meds and is prescribed for PPD, I’ve been in it for 4 years now and it has changed my life.
I never took meds. I found natural ways to get myself out of it. Staying away from social media helped a ton too. I now limit myself to 20 mins a day during nap time