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[EvilEdison]

I went to a specialist b/c I had acid reflux. He immediately prescribed Nexium, which wasn't a surprise since he had a Nexium calendar, a Nexium notepad, a Nexium pen and free samples of--you guessed it--Nexium readily available. At the time I was about thirty pounds overweight. I mentioned that the problem seemed to coincide with my weight gain and asked if losing the pounds would fix the problem. He assured me that acid reflux is a life time affair and that I would have to take the Nexium forever.



Long story short--I lost the weight. No more acid reflux. Medical miracle? You be the judge

[Maria Caliban]

Buyer beware.

[Amberyl Ravenclaw]

Maria Caliban wrote...

I take anti-depressants when I have health insurance, which I don’t right now, and have since college. When I’m on them, I hate them. When I’m off them, I hate not being on them.

I've thought about anti-depressants but I'm a little afraid to try them; I'm also wary of the doctors and side effects and dependency, and I don't really think things are serious enough - yet - to warrant them as a last resort. There's also costs to consider, not to mention that back in my country there's a strong stigma against depression / mental illness that I know of. It's tough, but I figure that since I seem to be OK on my own, I might as well continue with things and hope for the best. 

Modifié par Amberyl Ravenclaw, 23 octobre 2009 - 04:00 .

[the_one_54321]

i cant imagine taking antidepressants. and i've gone for a long stretch feeling pretty bad about pretty much everything. that's passed now, thankfully, but even looking back i just cant imagine taking pills for it. so far as i know i am not prone to depression as the illness, so maybe it's just something i cant relate to. ive never been the type that just stops functioning and sits there feeling bad. i always have to be doing something. playing a game, taking care of work, taking care of school, watching an anime, working on the car, cleaning my place, working out. something. i guess maybe i just dont leave myself enough time to really just feel down. even in the moments when i have nothing to do, i have to get up and just go somewhere for a change of scenery, just so that i am not completely idle.

[Nivraym]

I take enormous amounts of painkillers, sleep pills, asthma medications, anti-allergy vaccines, and an anti-depressant. At least I try to, when I have the means to buy all those. Duhh.
Though I might switch the anti-depressant for chocolate one day, hopefully.
Sometimes it's really hard to keep on living, but I guess there's no reason I shouldn't try.

Modifié par Nivraym, 23 octobre 2009 - 04:10 .

[gethsemani87]

As a nursing student, my advice to myself and my surroundings is to take medication if I need too. Taking anti-inflammatory painkillers (such as NSAIDs or paracetamol) when you're having a cold doesn't prolong the cold by much, but it will save you plenty of suffering on the way.



The simple truth is that a healthy person might not need many medications, but those that are suffering from chronic conditions are always better off taking the medication than not doing it. If you are depressed, taking anti-depressants is a good thing. Naturally, if you live in a country like the USA where the medical industry "buys" doctors, I'd be wary off over-using medicines too. But over here, in the frigid north, Doctors are asked to cut down on the prescribtions because it costs the state too much when they prescribe unnecessarily.

[Maria Caliban]

Amberyl Ravenclaw wrote...

I've thought about anti-depressants but I'm a little afraid to try them, I'm also wary of dependency, and I don't really think things are serious enough - yet - to warrant them as a last resort. There's also associated costs to consider, not to mention that back in my country there's a strong stigma against depression / mental illness that I know of. It's tough, but I figure that since I seem to be doing OK on my own, I might as well continue with things the way they are and hope for the best.

I can’t say whether you should use them or not as I don’t know enough about your situation. If you feel you’re okay and you’re able to function and enjoy yourself, then that’s good. If you’re at the point you’re having difficulties, not doing what you need to, and not enjoying yourself, then you need to do something about it, and anti-depressants are one thing you could do.

I don’t know what you mean by dependency, but I will say that if you take them long enough to see a change in your mood, when you stop taking them there will be a period of withdrawal that’s obvious and painful. There’s no craving, you just feel like crap for a few weeks.

I’m going to say something weird here, but I found the withdrawal interesting. I’d occasionally skip taking my medication for awhile to experience it.

[the_one_54321]

Maria Caliban wrote...
I’m going to say something weird here, but I found the withdrawal interesting. I’d occasionally skip taking my medication for awhile to experience it.

that doesnt strike me as weird. emotions are an important
part of living and i imagine when people go long enough without feeling very much
they'd be inclined to forcibly instigate a feeling, especially a very sharp
one. if my understanding of the effects is correct, then this is essentially
the result of taking antidepressants for a period and then suddenly stopping.

Modifié par the_one_54321, 23 octobre 2009 - 04:31 .

[Maria Caliban]

*has no idea what the_one is talking about*



Suddenly stopping an anti-depressant treatment isn't recommended, and you'd have to be stupid to stop cold turkey. You do it by reducing the amount you take and then taking it every other day and then every three days, etc.



If you’re taking an anti-depressant there’d be no reason to attempt to ‘forcibly instigate a [sharp] feeling’ and the desire to do so would suggest that you’re suffering from something other than depression.



Moreover, when you stop taking anti-depressants, you don’t suddenly get sharp emotional feeling. You just get grouchy and irritable.

[the_one_54321]

Maria Caliban wrote...

*has no idea what the_one is talking about*

Suddenly stopping an anti-depressant treatment isn't recommended, and you'd have to be stupid to stop cold turkey. You do it by reducing the amount you take and then taking it every other day and then every three days, etc.

If you’re taking an anti-depressant there’d be no reason to attempt to ‘forcibly instigate a [sharp] feeling’ and the desire to do so would suggest that you’re suffering from something other than depression.

Moreover, when you stop taking anti-depressants, you don’t suddenly get sharp emotional feeling. You just get grouchy and irritable.

i wasnt suggesting that it was good for you, or that cold
turkey was the prescribed way to stop.



and you said that you felt like crap for a while afterwards. i didnt realize
that you specifically meant grouchy and irritable.



either way, i still can see why someone would want to instigate feeling when
they've been medicinally surprising it for some time.

[Maria Caliban]

the_one_54321 wrote...

either way, i still can see why someone would want to instigate feeling when
they've been medicinally surprising it for some time.

You're confusing antidepressants with tranquilizers. Antidepressants do not suppress emotion, rather the opposite.

[the_one_54321]

Maria Caliban wrote...

the_one_54321 wrote...

either way, i still can see why someone would want to instigate feeling when
they've been medicinally surprising it for some time.

You're confusing antidepressants with tranquilizers. Antidepressants do not suppress emotion, rather the opposite.

is that so? well then i was probably confusing them, indeed. antidepressants stimulate pleasant feelings then?

[gethsemani87]

No, they don't stimulate feelings. What the anti-depressant does is that it inhibits the chemical reactions in your body that gives you the symptoms of depressions. Simply put: You suppress the depression to allow the user to deal with whatever is causing the depression.

[Maria Caliban]

the_one_54321 wrote...


is that so? well then i was probably confusing them, indeed. antidepressants stimulate pleasant feelings then?

No, antidepressants help regulate the level of various chemicals in the brain that function as mood stabilizers.

The brain produces various chemicals throughout the day, such as serotonin and norepinephrine, and then it reabsorbs them. The current theory is that people who are chronically depressed have brains that reabsorb the chemicals too quickly, so antidepressants slow down that process.

A person who’s depressed can have good moments, but it won’t last. They usually feel intense sadness/hopelessness, or they don’t feel much at all. The whole purpose of antidepressants is to add emotional color to their moods. This is why people sometimes kill themselves once they start treatments: they have gone from feeling nothing, caring about nothing, and unwilling to do anything, to suddenly caring and being motivated.

[Dahn-Var Starcloak]

Maria Caliban wrote...



Today I woke up with a headache
and my neck was stiff and sore. I drank tea and walked for an hour. The
headache and much of the soreness worked itself out but then my ovaries
felt like they were going to burst out and strangle the next person who
irritated me, and as people frequently irritate me, I took two
ibuprofen.

TMI error.

Amberyl Ravenclaw wrote...





I've thought about
anti-depressants but I'm a little afraid to try them; I'm also wary of
the doctors and side effects and dependency, and I don't really think
things are serious enough - yet - to warrant them as a last resort.images/spacer.gifimages/spacer.gifimages/spacer.gif

Don't start taking anti-depressants Amber, I'll cheer you up. [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/wizard.png[/smilie]



There's no magic pill, I should know- been there.

Nivraym wrote...

I take enormous amounts of painkillers, sleep pills, asthma medications, anti-allergy vaccines, and an anti-depressant.

Do you take those with water or...?

Maria Caliban wrote...

This is why people sometimes kill themselves once they start treatments: they have gone from feeling nothing, caring about nothing, and unwilling to do anything, to suddenly caring and being motivated.

=>  :happy: + <3 => =>

[Maria Caliban]

Dahn-Var Starcloak wrote...

Maria Caliban wrote...

Today I woke up with a headache
and my neck was stiff and sore. I drank tea and walked for an hour. The
headache and much of the soreness worked itself out but then my ovaries
felt like they were going to burst out and strangle the next person who
irritated me, and as people frequently irritate me, I took two
ibuprofen.

TMI error.

They're much better now. Thank you for asking.

[Dahn-Var Starcloak]

Maria Caliban wrote...
They're much better now. Thank you for asking.

What are friends for? Which reminds me...

[MrGOH]

I try to stay away from the low-level, daily over-the-counter drugs like ibuprofin, nasanex, and antihistimines, although I occasionally have a severe allergic reaction that requires me to take antihistimines immediately - I like to go camping and hiking, but I'm severely allergic to some type of mystery plant or moss that causes my eyes to swell shut when I've gone swimming in the wrong place.



I have taken harder painkillers when recovering from bad injuries, and I get flu vaccines because I spend a lot of time in airports and on mass transit - I figure it's only decent to not be a vector for nastiness that could be life-threatening to the elderly and children.

[LdyShayna]

Medicine is my best friend right now.

[Maufurtado]

Sadly I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 26 years old. So, yes, I have to take some pills that are anti depressant and neuroprotector. Also, i have to take sleeping pills. Is not that I can't sleep, but my brain stays active as I sleep and when I awake, it feels like I didn't have any sleep at all.



I wish I didn't need to take any of that, but, if I have to take them in order to be fine, so be it.

[Anacronian Stryx]

Fun Fact : There more money spend on plastic surgery and erection research than on curing alzheimer's.. so expect a future where everybody has big bewbs and constant boners..but cant remember what to use it for..

[Dark Lilith]

I take meds only when needed and never over the counter anything for any reason.

[Seagloom]

Another thread dug up under dubious pretenses. Locked.