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SpectralJulianIsNotDead 07.24.2006 10:52 PM

Are you on antidepressants?
 
I'm curious. I'm not on them, but I have a feeling that a lot of people are, especially females.

drrrtyboots 07.24.2006 10:53 PM

Everyone is these days.

Пятхъдесят Шест 07.24.2006 10:54 PM

No, I'm not.

I don't get it, why would the females?

 

HaydenAsche 07.24.2006 10:55 PM

Not at the moment.

schizophrenicroom 07.24.2006 10:56 PM

No.

Пятхъдесят Шест 07.24.2006 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaydenAsche
Not at the moment.


Coffee counts, man.

Cantankerous 07.24.2006 11:00 PM

no.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 07.24.2006 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест
No, I'm not.

I don't get it, why would the females?


 


It seems to me that a lot more girls are put on em. There are a few personality disorders that are mainly prevalent in women.

Cantankerous 07.24.2006 11:01 PM

apparently i have schizophrenia but i don't take any prescription drugs that were actually prescribed to me.

HaydenAsche 07.24.2006 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест
Coffee counts, man.


O RLY?

Then, yes. I am.

acousticrock87 07.25.2006 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
apparently i have schizophrenia but i don't take any prescription drugs that were actually prescribed to me.

What kind? Schizophrenia can be a lot of different things.

not_alone 07.25.2006 01:13 AM

no.

_slavo_ 07.25.2006 01:22 AM

no, but I wish I was these days.

sonicl 07.25.2006 01:23 AM

Yes, cipramil.

I'm not female.

static-harmony 07.25.2006 02:18 AM

nope the only antidepressant i need is my confusion is sex cd while talking to jesus.

krastian 07.25.2006 02:18 AM

No, but I prob. should be.

Tokolosh 07.25.2006 02:37 AM

Hell no! I don't need any more addictions than I already have. :cool:

jon boy 07.25.2006 03:07 AM

no i am not. worse thing really for depression, exept in extreme cases. more therapy less drugs i say.

sonicl 07.25.2006 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jon boy
no i am not. worse thing really for depression, exept in extreme cases. more therapy less drugs i say.

Here here. I was an extreme case when I they were first prescribed for me, but cognitive behavioural therapy probably did more for me than the medication. I'm on an ever-reducing dosage now, and should be off them by Christmas.

jon boy 07.25.2006 03:27 AM

yes a friend of mine (thats sounds like its really me, but its not) was on the type that have now been banned and i have never seen anything like it. he was worse on them than before. seroxat its called or something.

!@#$%! 07.25.2006 07:06 PM

i voted no, but with a caveat:

i was once taking zoloft for about a year. it was fucking great-- i had unkillable boners (it delays the orgasmic response & hence blah blah blah-- great for men, for women, well, a problem).

i also took paxil for a few months. gave me some funky dreams and what felt like out-of-body experiences. lots of fun.

i don't need them anymore, as my thought patterns are a lot more amusing these days, which makes the assistance of pills moot. and coffee and cigarettes do the trick of making my neurotransmitters hop, for the most part.

atari 2600 07.25.2006 07:11 PM

I've taken these ssris: zoloft, paxil, prozac, effexor, remeron (a doozie)
I've taken these anti-psychotic/anxiety: valium, wellbutrin, klonopin, xanax

I think ssris should only be used in certain dire situations. far, far too many get on these drugs for far, far too long & they are just as zombifying & soul-sucking as hard drugs...& without the pleasure. It's all such a dirty high.
no one knows how ssris "work" & what the long term effects are; it's in the pdr. most of the time it's trial & error, as one is prescribed a cocktail based upon incompetent sit-down sessions. I only took ssris when I absolutely had to for the purpose of preventing suicide. The anti-anxiety/anti-psychotics I took as recreational drugs.

!@#$%! 07.25.2006 07:13 PM

oh man. anti-anxiety as recreational drugs: yes. xanax rules.

atari 2600 07.25.2006 07:19 PM

Xanax & alcohol (mixed any other drugs too) causes severe brown & black-outs. I had a friend who robbed a Dunkin' Donuts when he was on alcohol & xanax & he doesn't remember much about it. He was the guy I was with when I tripped to see Sonic Youth at Lollapalooza in Denver & we smoked the bomber.

nomadicfollower 07.25.2006 07:19 PM

Give me that z-o-l-o-f-t. Give me a trip, make me love me. Sucking 'em down, I'm happy now.

!@#$%! 07.25.2006 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600
Xanax & alcohol (mixed any other drugs too) causes severe brown & black-outs. I had a friend who robbed a Dunkin' Donuts when he was on alcohol & xanax & he doesn't remember much about it. He was the guy I was with when I tripped to see Sonic Youth at Lollapalooza in dever & we smoked the bomber.


jeezus man. what is up with the abusers. i just meant chew up a couple of xanaxes before going out and maybe a few drinks through the night. same as klonopins (yummy as well). robberies and shit-- oh mama-- wtf??

atari 2600 07.25.2006 07:27 PM

Nowadays, I take klonopins every now & then (a friend has a prescription), & I also get better pills (a friend's father is terminally ill) from time to time.

I still maintain that it takes a steeled individual to mix alcohol & xanax & be out & about & not have bad things happen & for even with those of a high tolerance, it's like russian roulette if you make it a habit.

On the Picks # 2, I put Making the Nature Scene as the closer from ATP & Thurston is going," Don't take Xanax!" as they leave the stage heha.

oh yeah you gotta chew. I do little bits at a time with just about anything. You get a better hit & more hits that way.

!@#$%! 07.25.2006 07:31 PM

holy shit man i did not know. im not a big boozer (only on occasion) so i wasn't aware of the potential interactions. smoking weed while plastered however oh man ive seen some serious lunacy & "Xtreme" puking...

krastian 07.25.2006 07:34 PM

I tool that Paxil shit for like 6 months and I didn't like it because it made my hands shake.

Xanax and alcohol have been coming up more and more in my life this year....that shit does rock you.

fishmonkey 07.26.2006 04:56 AM

i did xanax once and it was fuckin great fun, could never get them again after that, they aint to popular yet in ireland.

porkmarras 07.26.2006 05:00 AM

I would have thought that the majority of posters on here were on antidepressants after reading each other's posts.

Anngella 07.26.2006 05:19 AM

I was supposed to be but I can't swallow pills :D

Hip Priest 07.26.2006 05:45 AM

No.

But I have this physical illness thing, and back when I used to bother seeing them, the doctors always used to ask me if I wanted anti-depressants, even though it was perfectly clear that I didn't need them (because I wasn't in the least bit depressed). From what I can gather nowadays, everyone I know who is ill and visits the doctor is being encouaged to have anti depressents, despite all the evidence making it clear that they are not required. There's some kind of unnofficial policy going on (at least within the NHS on Mersyside) to try to get people to take these things. I'm not sure why that might be though.

_slavo_ 07.26.2006 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hip Priest
No.

But I have this physical illness thing, and back when I used to bother seeing them, the doctors always used to ask me if I wanted anti-depressants, even though it was perfectly clear that I didn't need them (because I wasn't in the least bit depressed). From what I can gather nowadays, everyone I know who is ill and visits the doctor is being encouaged to have anti depressents, despite all the evidence making it clear that they are not required. There's some kind of unnofficial policy going on (at least within the NHS on Mersyside) to try to get people to take these things. I'm not sure why that might be though.


They want everyone to be happy cause Birkenhead is a shithole:)

pantophobia 07.26.2006 09:54 AM

i stopped taking effexor just over a month ago after I caught a virus which i developed in Atlanta, while the with drawl wasn't as bad this time (this is the 3rd time i forced myself off effexor cold) , still got quite bad headache which haven't gone away

but as of right now i am more moody, feel like snapping a bit more at people (haven't yet), and I have the worst short term memory anyways, so like last night i was browsing and there was a site i wanted to check out, i completely forgot what site it was after about 15 seconds (and this happened about 4 times last night alone)

there is no magic pill

Iain 07.26.2006 10:11 AM

I always forget to check things on the internet a minute after I think about it. I don't take anti-depressants or ever have. I don't know anyone who has either...not close friends anyway...except Valium to allay the anxiety of an acid trip. It seems to be more common in the US but increasingly common over here.

I don't know how eager doctors over here are to prescribe them but I imagine they are fairly keen to. I haven't been to the doctors in about 10 years at least.

gmku 07.26.2006 10:23 AM

Amazing that 93 percent who've answered this poll are not on them!

I'm not either, but I sometimes think my two-pints-a-night habit is some kind of self-medicating thing.

Tokolosh 07.26.2006 10:30 AM

No, but after reading some of these posts, maybe I should.


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