Help What's your experience with antidepressants? Looking for advice.

[fleshpuppet]

Was thinking of trialling bupropion and sertraline or fluoxetine and seeing if there's any improvement in my mood and motivation, but I've heard the side effects can be detrimental and I want to hear some opinions before I make the financial commitment. The main thing I'm concerned about is worse energy and undesirable mood changes. I'd also prefer if my dick worked but It's not like I really use it anyway so it's manageable. For people who take/have taken antidepressants, did it noticeably improve your mood? How were the side effects?

I'd be ordering the drugs off Indiamart because I don't want to go to a psychiatrist and have my parents aware of my affliction. Not sure how strict border control is in Australia, so hopefully it wouldn't get seized.

If you've had positive experiences with other substances, also open to other suggestions.

 

[hmu]

I take desipramine every night and I've been on it for around 2-3 months. In my experience it gives me a very small short term relief but it's almost better to just not take it tbh. I am generally a weaker and lower energy person anyway so the side effects fuck me up even more and I get so tired I can't even stand properly. You also can't withdraw from it immediately so id only recommend it if you don't have multiple health problems or something that would interfere with it. That's just my experience don't rely on it too much