Discussion Are you on medication?

[throneofdispair03]

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[kawaiiphantom]

Oooooo interesting poll :0

 

[hikikomorizombie]

i tried lexapro, lithium, zoloft, trazodone, & prozac. nada :p

 

[missmyworld]

No, I'm concerned about the side effects and the stigma of having a prescription in the first place. I haven't heard many success stories so I likely won't be trying that to cope with my feelings.

 

[Leavesfromthevine]

No I'm going through life raw and life is beating me. I'd rather be able to overcome life without medication or lose my life trying. I know it's terrible logic but eh I'm a suicidal person so I don't care.

 

[DarkThoughts]

Currently taking fluoxetine (SSRI) and pregabalin (for nerve pain).

 

[Life_and_Death]

No I'm going through life raw and life is beating me. I'd rather be able to overcome life without medication or lose my life trying. I know it's terrible logic but eh I'm a suicidal person so I don't care.

i dont think its terrible logic. if you cant be happy on your own whats the point? youre just faking it. if others are ok with faking it thats up to them, but you dont have to and i know id rather not

 

[heliophobic]

Yep. I have been for the last 32 years. I might start TMS therapy soon since it's more than apparent that I have treatment resistant depression. I'll never do ECT. I've gone off meds twice, in my teens, and I can honestly say that even though I'm melancholic, I'm better on meds than off of them.

 

[cold_severance]

no, its all useless placebo induced shit.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

No. My problems can't be cured with meds.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

No. I've nearly been put on meds by some shitty psychiatrist but I stopped seeing her after my mom called her and told her that she wasn't too keen on putting me on meds and she responded by threatening to put me in a mental hospital if she didn't allow her to drug me up.

It's good that my mom didn't want me taking meds when I was younger because it turns out that I'm not even mentally ill so I didn't really need them anyway.

 

[dinosavr]

Currently powered by California Rocket Fuel

 

[Tommen Baratheon]

Lithium, quetiapine, trazodone, lormetazepam, L-Thyronxine (for my thyroid; problem could be caused by lithium).

I took a very low dose of lithium (0,5mmol/L) between 1998 and 2006. All the other crap got added later.

 

[divinemistress36]

Lithium, quetiapine, trazodone, lormetazepam, L-Thyronxine (for my thyroid; problem could be caused by lithium).

I took a very low dose of lithium (0,5mmol/L) between 1998 and 2006. All the other crap got added later.

Does the lithium help?

 

[matt1968]

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Me too! Or not powered in my case! How are you finding it?

 

[Raven2]

Yeah a mood stabilizer/antipsychotic I mainly just take them to help me sleep now. Came of anti depressants years ago didnt like the side effects although I did find them helpful at one point

 

[kermudgeon]

So the idea of being medicated as fake is valid, but also our brains are just chemicals and meat, so you could argue its already fake, you know? You're just adding different chemicals to alter your brains perception of reality... allowing more dopamine and serotonin to get in. Idk I'm okay with faking it.

But I absolutely see it as totally valid not to want to be medicated for whatever reason.

 

[dinosavr]

Me too! Or not powered in my case! How are you finding it?

I'm actually not really powered either lol. I guess I probably wouldn't have to be here anymore if it was working. But I haven't started long ago so I'll give it a chance. The name of the mix sure is making it easier to believe in success.
I hope something works for you too, as soon as possible <3

 

[onbekend]

No, come to think of it I actually have never taken a pill in my entire life. Never really needed to.

 

[ForgottenAgain]

I'm on Sertraline and Risperidone. In my life I've taken others as well like Mirtrazapine and Zolpidem

 

[BorderlineChellery]

I'm on quetiapine, amitriptyline, Bisoprolol, diazepam and tramadol. I've tried pretty much every antidepressant and no luck with any of them. My mental health team are currently trying to find a bed for me. Hoping to ctb before they do

 

[Tommen Baratheon]

Does the lithium help?

I would hope so; I've been taking it for over 25 years. My blood levels are now between 0,70 and 0,80 mmol/L. But I never had those violent moodswings. Avoiding stress and keeping a steady biorhythm does wonders too.

The other stuff is mostly to help me get to sleep. Sometimes a problem when I have racing thoughts. I tried meditation with the help of a Moonbird, but I just don't have the patience.

 

[Juli]

Yes. I'm on fluoxetine.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

No. I don't think there's a type of medication out there that can make existence itself be better for me

 

[F@#$]

no, its all useless placebo induced shit.

Some of it's poison also.

 

[Kit1]

Technically I am supposed to be on a cocktail of medication. However I stopped taking all my medication around 1st of September 2023. Not dead yet.

 

[Tommen Baratheon]

Technically I am supposed to be on a cocktail of medication. However I stopped taking all my medication around 1st of September 2023. Not dead yet.

The quetiapine I take is supposed to block receptors in my brain from neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotine (?). However, research has shown the brain will only create more receptors, neurotransmitters, so if I would quit cold turkey chances are very high it will cause psychosis.

 

[AnxietyHangover]

Currently on venlafaxine, depakote and aripiprazole. Tried lexapro, mirtazapine and olanzapine before.

 

[Tommen Baratheon]

Some of it's poison also.

Lithium is in fact sort of a poison. Therapeutic (blood) levels are supposed to be between 0,60 and 1,20 mmol/L. Under 0,60, it loses its effect and above 1,20 it will act as a poison (diarrhea, stomach ache, ...).

You also need to have your blood checked regularly. Not only for the therapeutic level, but as well for the thyroid and kidneys. My dad took lithium for years and died of acute kidney failure at 72. Research on other meds (antidepressants, antipsychotics, ...) have shown that those patients have a shorter lifespan.

 

[falling_snow]

im taking antidepressants and hypnotics to sleep (they cronchy)