Dangers of coming of Antidepressants (Suicidal)

[Jumper Geo]

Once you read this story your understand why them wankers don't tell us the truth, this is like from the horses mouth and see how he's colleagues reacted to him,

I hope others can be spared the hell I endured with depression pills

Dr Peter Gordon is an acclaimed psychiatrist at St John's Hospital in West Lothian and personally knows the down-side of anti-depressants.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Cheers

Geo

 

[BridgeJumper]

What antidepressants gave me:
Cold sweats, head spinning and ringing, white flashes in eyes, irregular heartbeat, suicidal thoughts X5, nightmares, sleeping too little or too much, getting fat, hands shaking, dulling my feelings making me unable to paint, removed my sex drive

What antidepressants didnt do for me:
Fixed my depression

And when I try to talk about it, Im crazy :) ThOsE pIlLs WoOoRk!!
Poor guy

 

[Jumper Geo]

What antidepressants gave me:
Cold sweats, head spinning and ringing, white flashes in eyes, irregular heartbeat, suicidal thoughts X5, nightmares, sleeping too little or too much, getting fat, hands shaking, dulling my feelings making me unable to paint, removed my sex drive

What antidepressants didnt do for me:
Fixed my depression

And when I try to talk about it, Im crazy :) ThOsE pIlLs WoOoRk!!
Poor guy

We have no chance of our messages or feedback being taken seriously, you know it was only reading about Covid-19, the UK thinks they can roll out a vaccine by Christmas 2020 so lets say in 10 months they have a cure for Covid-19, what has happened to all the other deseases I have been donating to Charity for over 30 years, so that tells you if they wanted to cure the common cold or herpes they could quite easily develop a cure, but that is the pharmaceutical companies bread and butter with temporary relief costing billions of pounds every year.

As I'm on the subject, lol why are the general public raising billions of pounds for research into diseases and then the pharmaceutical companies patent it and make billions of pounds from it, we do the fundraising and they take the profits, this smells like organised crime,

Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection

The vaccine is a "significant step" forward for getting life back to normal, but challenges remain.

www.bbc.co.uk

Rant over

Cheers

Geo

 

[Seiniar]

After 2 years on citalopram I'm slowly getting out of it by my own decision. I still can't tell if I'll feel better, what I'm quite sure is it didn't help me and I'm worse than ever. Also I believe antidepressant are not supposed to be taken for life. You feel bad, you take them, you solve your issue and then you stop. So I can't see how this is a cure for long term depression.
Also my psychiatrist is a dic*head who low-key bullies patients. My experience with psychiatric help in general is awful.

 

[ThrownAwayTom]

I'm struggling with this now. I take 150mg of Venlafaxine (Effexor) a day for 3 years now, but cos I've run low I took one yesterday and one today. Only got 2 more and I can't afford my next prescription til the 20th so, let's see how fucked up I end up feeling by then.

 

[BridgeJumper]

The withdrawals from these pills feel almost as bad as from dope. When they decided to just 'take me off everything because it isnt working' I was vomiting on the floor, shaking, pacing the room and begging for some valium so I can stop feeling this. No taper either, they let me puke till my vitals dropped.
At one point them made me take 17 pills a day because they think doping me up so badly I cant express emotion is solving the problem.

This is pseudoscience.

 

[Deleted member 17949]

the pills can be so damn dangerous, I wanna try recovery stuff but I can't bring myself to use some of these meds

 

[dropdeadfred]

I'm struggling with this now. I take 150mg of Venlafaxine (Effexor) a day for 3 years now, but cos I've run low I took one yesterday and one today. Only got 2 more and I can't afford my next prescription til the 20th so, let's see how fucked up I end up feeling by then.

Effexor ruined what was left of me... not sure if it didn't agree with my body chemistry or what. I hope you have a better outcome than I did.

 

[Jumper Geo]

I can't believe a psychiatrist has been accused of being insane because he spoke out about side effects it just goes to show you some senior management are enjoying some wonderful benefits through our suffering, the bastards.

How much is our suffering worth to them, taken out to a swanky restuarant 2 or 3 times a year all expenses paid or grand holidays or cars, houses who knpws the NHS is worth billions of pounds to Big Pharma.

Cheers

Geo

 

[Lizzy199075]

We have no chance of our messages or feedback being taken seriously, you know it was only reading about Covid-19, the UK thinks they can roll out a vaccine by Christmas 2020 so lets say in 10 months they have a cure for Covid-19, what has happened to all the other deseases I have been donating to Charity for over 30 years, so that tells you if they wanted to cure the common cold or herpes they could quite easily develop a cure, but that is the pharmaceutical companies bread and butter with temporary relief costing billions of pounds every year.

As I'm on the subject, lol why are the general public raising billions of pounds for research into diseases and then the pharmaceutical companies patent it and make billions of pounds from it, we do the fundraising and they take the profits, this smells like organised crime,

Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection

The vaccine is a "significant step" forward for getting life back to normal, but challenges remain.

www.bbc.co.uk

Rant over

Cheers

Geo

I am by no means telling someone to have the vaccine or not that is solely there decision but by doing a bit of research the average time for a vaccine to be created is 20 years. The quickest time a vaccine has been created successfully and SAFELY is 8 years. SARS is part of the coranvirus family and they have still yet to create a vaccine for it when they thought they had and tested on ferrets and reintroduced the virus it killed them all as it attacked their immune systems. I also don't get why they are so bothered about making a vaccine for something that you have a 0.26% of catching. Yes I recognise I suffer with paraonia/ overthinking but that to me is just a bit suspicious. Way too much conflicting information but a lot of doctors seem to be waking up to the fact that something is not right and I think they are risking their careers, life and reputation to speak out against what the media and governments are drilling into us which ultimately is fear.
Hope that makes a little bit of sense haha

 

[TheLostCause]

I've gone through my fair share of ADs and not a single one has helped. Fluoxetine made me paranoid and suicidal beyond belief, had to beg my gp to come off it, he wanted to increase it... Mirtazapine made me violent and constantly angry. Sertraline made me feel numb and coming off it was horrendous and the brain zaps.. Vortioxetine does nothing, im currently coming off that to go onto Venlafaxine which im not exactly hopeful about. Would prefer not to be on anything at all

 

[Jumper Geo]

I've gone through my fair share of ADs and not a single one has helped. Fluoxetine made me paranoid and suicidal beyond belief, had to beg my gp to come off it, he wanted to increase it... Mirtazapine made me violent and constantly angry. Sertraline made me feel numb and coming off it was horrendous and the brain zaps.. Vortioxetine does nothing, im currently coming off that to go onto Venlafaxine which im not exactly hopeful about. Would prefer not to be on anything at all

Wow I'm on Mirtazapine 14 days so far and it's done nothing I said I will try it for 2 weeks, I take it around 20.00 every night hoping it will help with sleep but no change really, I'm still sitting here at 4/5 in the morning, lol lets see tonight I will probably sleep for 14 hours.

Cheers

Geo

 

[Cakes]

I'm starting Mirtazapine again. I've been on a lot including, Sertraline, Fluexotine and the V one! They all leave me incredibly groggy, dizzy and light headed

 

[TheLostCause]

I take it around 20.00 every night hoping it will help with sleep but no change really, I'm still sitting here at 4/5 in the morning, lol lets see tonight I will probably sleep for 14 hours.

Cheers

Geo

I have huge problems with sleep if i don't take meds. I got sleepy on Mirtazapine and fell asleep but my sleep was still so broken i may aswell never have slept at all. Ive been on sleeping meds before and they didn't even help. For ADs you are better trying them for 4-8 weeks as most don't give any noticable effect until about 6 weeks or so. But things generally get worse on them before they get better.
I take an anti psychotic now which is the only thing thats ever helped with my sleep.

 

[SmellyRat]

Wow I'm on Mirtazapine 14 days so far and it's done nothing I said I will try it for 2 weeks, I take it around 20.00 every night hoping it will help with sleep but no change really, I'm still sitting here at 4/5 in the morning, lol lets see tonight I will probably sleep for 14 hours.

Cheers

Geo

I'm also on Mirtazapine.
I once took 45mg and went to bed friday, and woke up sunday

 

[Cakes]

I'm also on Mirtazapine.
I once took 45mg and went to bed friday, and woke up sunday

Bloody hell! Did you have a headache?

 

[shay23]

I'm also on Mirtazapine.
I once took 45mg and went to bed friday, and woke up sunday

I'm on it too, 30mg, I have stopped taking it. I felt like it makes anxiety worse but is wonderful to use for sleep. I've gone back to hardly eating though, gained 2 stone while on it.

 

[Cakes]

Awh jeex as small as it seems I don't want to put weight on I struggle enough with my weight

 

[shay23]

Awh jeex as small as it seems I don't want to put weight on I struggle enough with my weight

Here if you need to talk cakes, I struggle with weight too

 

[SmellyRat]

Bloody hell! Did you have a headache?

No, but my head felt really heavy trying to leave the pillow.
It was hard to want to wake up.

I'm on it too, 30mg, I have stopped taking it. I felt like it makes anxiety worse but is wonderful to use for sleep. I've gone back to hardly eating though, gained 2 stone while on it.

Yep, i only use it for sleep.
I've gained a shit ton of weight too...not good.

 

[Fragile]

I remember a member of this forum calling me a conspiracy theorist for bringing up the morally bankrupt pharmaceutical industry, the corrupt dsm-5 and telling others about the devastating and life altering effects of these drugs. The worst part is that psychiatrists hand over these drugs as if they were candy for even the mildest symptoms of anxiety/depression.

It's baffling to me the fact that so many people get their lives ruined because of this, and their perspective is never taken seriously. The moment that you dare speak up against one of the most openly evil industries and bring up their multiple scandals over the years or their fucked up ways to manipulate information is the moment that you become a deranged conspiracist and no one should ever value your perspective, even if the pills in question have an extremely low efficacy rate and very real and verifiable side effects that may never go away.

 

[Cakes]

Here if you need to talk cakes, I struggle with weight too

Thank you! You too

No, but my head felt really heavy trying to leave the pillow.
It was hard to want to wake up.


Yep, i only use it for sleep.
I've gained a shit ton of weight too...not good.

Awh god I don't want to go back on it now

 

[chrisbate7]

I remember a member of this forum calling me a conspiracy theorist for bringing up the morally bankrupt pharmaceutical industry, the corrupt dsm-5 and telling others about the devastating and life altering effects of these drugs. The worst part is that psychiatrists hand over these drugs as if they were candy for even the mildest symptoms of anxiety/depression.

It's baffling to me the fact that so many people get their lives ruined because of this, and their perspective is never taken seriously. The moment that you dare speak up against one of the most openly evil industries and bring up their multiple scandals over the years or their fucked up ways to manipulate information is the moment that you become a deranged conspiracist and no one should ever value your perspective, even if the pills in question have an extremely low efficacy rate and very real and verifiable side effects that may never go away.

Spot on. Have you read Anatomy of an Epidemic? That book basically has me sworn off taking any more psychiatric meds. I'd rather just CTB than roll the dice back on meds

 

[Disco Biscuit]

Wow I'm on Mirtazapine 14 days so far and it's done nothing I said I will try it for 2 weeks, I take it around 20.00 every night hoping it will help with sleep but no change really, I'm still sitting here at 4/5 in the morning, lol lets see tonight I will probably sleep for 14 hours.

Cheers

Geo

Mirtazapine can make you fat by messing with your hunger signalling. Be careful.

 

[Cakes]

Mirtazapine can make you fat by messing with your hunger signalling. Be careful.

Is there a way to avoid this? I'm about to go on it and I anxious now

 

[BridgeJumper]

I cannot for the life of me understand why I agreed to this Pointlessness. 13 years and 10+ medications later, I never improved, it only got worse. Started out depressed, now Im depressed, anorexic, a drug addict and suffer damage to my brain.
Those pills are a joke, they just throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.
Why give me some treatment that might, GASP, help, like ECT or therapy in a treatment center? When you can deny me the first one saying Im not bad enough (refusing to eat and get out of bed for 2 weeks until I was forced too is not enough), then deny me the second one for 'being too unstable', and just keep reintroducing me on shit drugs that I failed before. Then pat themselves on the back for how good and smart they are.
Their response to akathisia / dyskinesia caused by those shit drugs? This medication doesnt cause side effects like this, this is anxiety. Proceed to increase my dose to combat anxiety, at which point I go into an overdose and writhe on my bed for 2 days.

 

[Midnight-rain]

I used to be open to the idea of getting on an antidepressant to make me feel better, until last year I got on Sertraline and surprise, surprise, still wanted to off myself. Stopped taking it around February because I ran out and couldn't get a refill.

Tried to take them again in May and I experienced some of the worst nausea I've ever felt. I'm emetophobic, and if obliterating my suicidal thoughts was the goal then those bloody pills achieved the opposite. Hearing anecdotes of symptoms from people getting off of ADs puts me off even further. I'm lucky that ditching them didn't cause me any nasty side effects. My condolences go out to everyone here who has been negatively impacted by medication.

 

[Kat!]

Not sure if I replied here or not, my memory is just getting worse and worse. But I feel like most of these medications are honestly a giant scam.

Want to look like your country is obeying mental health regulations? Pump out a bunch of phony medications! That'll do it.

 

[Jumper Geo]

Here if you need to talk cakes, I struggle with weight too

I have been lucky I haven't really noticed eating more I do crave a sugaery snack if I stay up all night, early morning, which is a bowl of museli and I'm fine but I have put a lot of weight on during lockdown.

Cheers

Geo

 

[sadworld]

Antidepressants had no good effects on me so far, just many bad effects that already have been listed here...