Are antidepressants vital for you?

Medications
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I take escitalopram, it helps greatly, i cant go very long without an antidepressant

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I take that too, helps with my crying spells with schizophrenia.

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I’m hooked for life on Wellbutrin.

I’m suicidal without it,

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I have very severe Major Depressive Disorder, and so require an anti-depressant (Venlafaxine) to help manage this. I also see a psychologist which helps also.

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No, I tried them for sz negative symptoms but they didn’t really help. Anything that increases my serotonin kinda makes me manic.

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I still have problems finding a good one.

I want to try Wellbutrin again, it was amazing when I was bipolar but not experiencing sz symptoms yet.

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Im on citalopram. Only started on it last year, I wasn’t on ADs before but it’s necessary for my anxiety as well as depression

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I take Lexapro too but it has little to no effect because I have bi polar and too much makes me feel too elated.

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I use wellbutrin and it helps a lot.

@aziz why don’t you try wellbutrin? It does not affect serotonin.

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I did for 6 weeks, it kinda gave me back my emotions but no improvement in other departments like motivation. It also gave me insomnia and made my positive symptoms a bit worse with increased irritability/anger issues. I am sensitive to meds. I am going to try Vraylar this month if all goes well. Thanks for asking.

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Only 6 weeks? Really, you need to give it at least 3 months.

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I answered too fast, I saw the increased other symptoms. Too bad.

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The Dr took me off it after I told him about the side effects. On it I had voices insulting others and me.

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Yea, i answered too quickly.

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Been taking prozac for about 13 weeks now. It has improved my mood and has removed many of the negative thoughts. I still have ups and downs, I’m on 20mg which is the lowest dose.

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Did you notice Wellbutrin agitating voices? Or are voices something you don’t normally deal with?

My previous doctor said it can cause problems in voice hearers, last time I was on it was before I heard voices and I absolutely loved it.

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Yes thats what I had on Wellbutrin, mean voices. When talking to my neighbor voices told me he’s dumb, tell him he’s dumb, etc it feels like OCD idk

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I don’t really hear voices. I hear other things. The closest to voices for me is thinking i hear mumbled conversation from the next room

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I believe I tried Wellbutrin once in California, and my voices began insulting me. It’s been a couple years since then and we’ve managed to lower my Zyprexa on the third try without agitating the voices, so I wonder if I could possibly use Wellbutrin without any agitation.

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If I don’t take an antidepressant, I quickly become suicidal. I’ve tried weaning off slowly but have never succeeded. Antidepressants are the reason I’m still alive.

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