Today, I tried for 45 minutes to convince my psychiatrist to take me off my antidepressant. When he finally agreed to do so, I broke down into tears and sobbed uncontrollably for 10 minutes. Hello, increased prescription. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after constantly shaming me for my ADHD and anti-anxiety pills, my family finally convinced me to drop $250 on their trusted psychiatrist friend because they thought he’d talk me out of taking them. He recommended higher doses of everything. FML
Today, I reduced my psychologist to tears. FML
Today, my depression caused me to sleep through my appointment to try and get more antidepressants. We love mental instability. FML
Today, I finally convinced my mum to take me to a psychologist. As soon as he sat me down and asked me how I was doing, my mum burst into tears and went on a rant about how her life is terrible and she regrets everything. I was asked to sit in the waiting room. She used up my whole hour. FML
Today, I saw my specialist and I told her that one of my medications is messing with my head too much. I said that it’s making my depression so bad I have started cutting again, and want to walk in front of a truck. They said I just have to "suck it up". FML
Today, I had a anxiety attack about taking my anxiety medicine. FML
Today, my housemate picked me up from the psychiatric ward, after I'd spent ten days there with a major depressive episode. She said that she thought it rather odd that I'd gotten so bad, since she'd replaced my antidepressants with homeopathic pills. FML
Today, I'd built up the courage to talk to my doctor about anxiety, even rehearsing what to say. When she asked, “So what brings you in today?” I immediately burst into tears, said, “I don’t know,” then apologized for crying. She handed me tissues and said, “This happens a lot,” which somehow made me cry harder. FML
Today, my psychiatrist of 6 years suddenly and out of nowhere told me I need to see someone else. She gave me the equivalent of the "it's not you, it's me" speech. Actually her assistant told me via email. I basically got broken up with by someone I was paying a lot of money to talk to. FML
Today, I spent five hours sobbing in my room due to antidepressant withdrawal. My mother refused to come and talk to me, because I'm "a terrible, hateful child who only cares about herself." Last week, I spent two hours comforting her because my brother hadn't called in a week. FML
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lonkite101 14
Well..you need it, you'll get off of it soon enough, don't worry OP.
Abbyybba 0
There's nothing wrong with needing a little medication!!
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Comments (177)
nerdsgetmehot 23
Antidepressants can be rough-- and I know that convincing your therapist (and/or parents) to let you go off of a medication can be pretty rough too. I was put on various antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds throughout my teen years, and it was near impossible to convince my parents and therapist to let me quit taking them. Years later, my mom tried being on anti-anxiety meds. She was on them for a day before she felt "weird" and gave up, then had the guts to say that she knew exactly how I felt. Hah.
dtgr02 4
The anti-anxiety meds usually take weeks to see any effects.. One day is probably psychological
constipatedlady 0
No, anti-anxiety meds (benzos) take up to an hour. SSRIs and the like, are different.
Pandacupcakelove 26
Ever considdered that you might need it? :/ Trust your psychiatrist, maybe he's right?
nerdsgetmehot 23
#57 But OP could try taking a different medication. Some antidepressants just don't work for some people, as everyone has a different body chemistry. Also, some antidepressants can have the opposite effect than what is intended. For example, Prozac can cause some people (usually teenagers) to become more depressed and have suicidal thoughts when previously they had never had suicidal thoughts. Scary stuff.
mollysticks 10
This is actually really sad...
monkeygirl21 2
You are fine just the way you are. I need an antidepressant too:)
Faff 20
drugs are bad mkay
davek 36
Maybe you should have asked for a *different* antidepressant, rather than to be taken *off* it. Different people, different circumstances and different severities can work better with different antidepressants.
ryggsekk 8
you feel kind of pathetic when you have to take durgs to be happy. and was it happy crying of sad crying
SoultheWolf 19
If you want to be off medication they are oblied to obey, unless it's an antipsycotic that if you aren't on you'll kill someone or yourself. The best way (I know because I had to do this with my pain meds) is to decrease it by half every few weeks when you feel it's safe, til eventually you are 100% off. Going cold turkey is not a good idea with these kinds of medicine because it usually causes major side effects of depression which makes you think you need to go back on. Talk to him again and demand he half the dose of your first medication to see how your body reacts.
Calyx_fml 22
He can't force you to buy it or take it.
Fletchdads 9
**** prescription meds, just smoke a doobie and get rid of those mood swings
Faff 20
if smoking wasnt so bad for your lungs, weed would be the perfect medicine.
kimg0885 23
I agree weed is great. Use a vaporizer if yur worried bout yur lungs
TheDrudgeChild 4
Medical marijuana is far healthier than SSRI- based antidepressants, that much is true. Big pharma doesn't like telling people that, so expect a few thumbs down because if the earlier comments indicate anything, people actually believe them.