Best Anti-Depressant for the Gays

Wellbutrin is dangerous to your health long-term.

R1 ... explicate

Wellbutrin and whatever generic is used for it are DIFFERENT drugs. Or at least so significantly different in terms of "additives" or "things left out" (<--what's a word for the opposite of [italics]additives[/italics]??) that it's scary.

Never again.

^^ I hate it when I do that.

Ugh ugh ugh. No medication can change your life. Feel your highs and feel your lows. Learn to find the middle path.

R3 I agree Wellbutrin generics are to be avoided but the regular formula was amazing, if I didn't care about work and just hanging out high school style

R5 sorry Bitch! Some of us are crazy

Wellbutrin is the only AD now linked to dementia.

R8 What did you say?!

If you want epilepsy it's great

R10 I never experienced that but a friend did, like fall down on the ground seizures, guess I'm lucky

Stay away from pills.

Cognitive therapy enables one to examine ones life and discover why you are so miserable,insecure, always off balance,afraid,hard on yourself,all that baggage.

Masking and dulling ones feelings with happy pills doesn't solve anything.

"The unexamined life is not worth living".

Cognitive therapy is great but it can't do it all by itself, in some cases. People can remain stuck for years and years by doing cognitive behavioral therapy without the assistance of (the correct) mood med.

R5 is obvs someone who has never been crippled or derailed by their lows.

Y'all have scared me about Wellbutrin. My shrink just added it to my cocktail of Effexor and a new one which I cannot remember the name of. She was responding to my request for something which would "bump" me up a bit.

Should I stop taking it immediately?

R14 the epilepsy part is scarier because you won't remember the dementia part

My shrink "bumped up" my Wellbutrin with Prozac, and within a few days, I was a shrieking, paranoid mess.

Cymbalta

The best anti-depressant is moving out of NYC.

No, r17. DO NOT TAKE CYMBALTA without googling Cymbalta Discontinuation Syndrome and reading cymbaltawithdrawal.com

Ass always cheers me up.

Just say NO.

Wellbutrin = dementia. Read the recent findings.

Been on Lexapro for many years but it recently stopped working. Starting to feel suicidal and wondering if there will ever be an antidepressant that works for me in my lifetime.

I always found getting a good BJ very uplifting.

Pristiq was my savior. Along with Lexapro, Abilify, Provigil and Deplin.

Can someone cite the source for the bupropion-dementia link?

How long do you have to have been on Welbutrin to be at risk?

I've been on nearly all of them at one time or another, never for more than a year or two because they either stop working, or weird new unacceptable side effects start up after around a year.

you need a good combo. like r25!

I had to have ECT treatments because I couldn't take the medicine. Fucked me up in the long run.

R25 sounds like my kind of guy.

shock treatments may help you.

well, Judy "Pills" I may be a crazy ass but at least I'm not depressed and suicidal.

Correction: I'm not depressed and suicidal ANYMORE. The meds worked for moi.

Prozac/Fluoxetine hands down.

r23 Lexapro will work for you again in a year or two after you switch to something else for a while.

It's just that next time the Lexapro might only work for a year or two or three before it stops working again.

You just need to get on something else for a while. Try Paxil, that's what I did after Lexapro stopped working for me

your ass can take Pristiq, Lexapro, Provigil, Abilify and Deplin all together.

Why would gays use different anti-depressants than others??

Not to worry, R14. But NEVER stop taking your psych drugs "immediately." You need to formulate an exit plan with your prescribing psychiatrist.

You are of an age where Wellbutrin cannot fuck up your entire life. Only about... a quarter of it. Maybe 20%.

So, really, you're good. Or as good as you're going to be in the time you have left.

The best anti-depressant for the gays is a nice big fat cock, or a nice tight ass. CASE CLOSED!

Another vote for cognitive therapy. It works.

If you actually have a chemical imbalance, then there may be a pharmaceutical that can ameliorate that condition. But if not, the drugs are just pumping up the bottom lines for the drug and insurance industries. I do not want to be the unwitting schmoe at the point where the interests of those huge industries merge.

"Better living through chemistry!". LOL

There is no link between Wellbutrin and dementia. Other drugs, yes, but not Wellbutrin.

R42 It looks like it's the benzos and anticholinergic anti depressants to steer clear of.

As stated upthread, do not stop taking any psych med suddenly. Consult your doctor on how to taper off.

OP's a woman pretending to be a gay man for some reason.

Are you tired, run-down, listless? Do you poop out at parties? Are you unpopular? The answer to all your problems is in this little bottle.

I haven't been in therapy or on anything for years but the last 6 months have been rough and my self-confidence is at a low. Pharmaceuticals didn't do much for me back then. What's new in the past 10 years? I've never heard of Viiybrid.

I’ve been on Lexapro 12 years. Tried stopping last year but got really down for weeks which was not good. Back on it. I don’t see the harm if it helps even a little

Cognitive therapy has its limits for a lot of biologically depressed people. Though I think they are helpful for everyone, talk therapy/CBT won’t be enough for serious incapacitating or suicidal depression. Whatever it takes is worth it to save yourself from the worst of depression. The anti-meds brigade can join the Christian Science movement and the anti-vaxxers in their delusional fantasy land.

Christ, you pill-crazed broads pissing all your meds into the water system are probably the same ones cheering on the effects of the hyped-up ((((((OPIOID CRISIS)))))). That explains a lot of the rants posted here..

I guess the rest of us poor nothing deplorables without fat public sector medical coverage and pensions will just have to get by with a few purloined Vicodin and a bottle of Evan Williams. Two things, I might add, that never seem to turn up in the systems of all these mass killers.

R23 link them, then. I didn't see Wellbutrin on the list from that recent study. Wellbutrin is one of the oldest antidepressants with the most study behind it.

R44 That may well be true, and if it is, I thank her for starting a thread which has educated and helped me immensely.

Why do antidepressants peter out after years of effectiveness? I am tired of feeling like a science experiment that can next find the right solution.

Why would an antidepressant be good for the gays, in particular?

Because the Gays can't stop talking about it!

r51 because your body is like the Borg; it adapts.

I take 400 mg of Pristiq daily.

Pristiq sounds like douche.

well, it's not a douche, you assbag! It's a wonderful SNRI medication that makes me feel mighty real.

Well, as long as your SNRI is feeling better, r57, I won't take it up with the Nomenclature Committee.

hee hee i'm eating cheetos.

Exercise, gurls, and get you some of that mindfulness meditation!

I'm headed to the gym in 10 minutes. Hot damn!

Bless you, R59. You made me laugh out loud.

Of course I take dolls! How else do you expect me to get up at 5 a.m. and 'SPARKLE, Nelly, SPARKLE!'?

Polyphenols and the Human Brain: Plant “Secondary Metabolite” Ecologic Roles and Endogenous Signaling Functions Drive Benefits

in other words - Champagne and other methode champenoise bubblies.

I swear by this and champenoise bubblies + exercise + sex + Dexmethylphenidat

There is a lot of work now on LSD, Special K and MDMA, as well.

Anti-depressants are passé

For some reason, I break out in hives on most antidepressants.

100 mg of Trazodone at night helps me sleep and gives me a gentle, sunny lift during the day. You have to ride out the grogginess side effect for a few weeks.

Trazodone works differently than a lot of other antidepressants. I also take Adderall during the day, but I have been in that for years. The Trazodone made a noticeable difference in making my outlook brighter.

I’m intrigued by the poster who mentioned Pristiq. Will look into it.

Exercise, sun and sex.

Vitamin D and C supplementation can help.

^ dear God!

r64 I've heard good things about Ketamine infusions.

r69 did that make you holes quiver?

I take 150 MG extended release of Wellbutrin, but I get the generic. I’ve never had any problems except at a higher dose (300 mg) it makes me way too nervous and “activated“ to be effective during the day. It’s almost as if I drink too much coffee, I get very irritable and jumpy. 150 MG seems to be my sweet spot, I like it. It makes me feel less dull then SSRI drugs too. It works different from them. I can’t say that it has any effect on my libido. The proported weight loss benefit is only good if you are a moderate eater. If you eat like a pig like I do when I’m depressed, it really doesn’t help much.

My sister is a drug addict and at one point she was getting Wellbutrin tablets and crushing them up into a powder and snorting them. I don’t think that it has the same affect as Adderall, but she was trying anyway. I think she fucked up her sinuses too, because of the coating in the extended release tablet. Crazy.

R72 get the name brand if you can, much better than the generic. Generic's MG can be off by quite a bit, but name brands have to very close to the labeled amount

Studies have shown that those who get enough sleep, a proper diet, and vigorous exercise 5 times a week do just as well as those on drugs. The vigorous exercise being the key. All those endolphins.

Another exercise-uber-alles queen heard from.

He only one that work for me is Nardil, an MAOI. THERES THE DIET TO CONTEND WITH BUT IT WORKS Magnificently

SAVE THE ENDOLPHINS

'Member that guy who had sex with endolphins?

This thread is an antidepressant.

OP’s photo: contents of Judy Garland’s cereal bowl

I just started taking the anti anxiety med Klonipin, I love it!

It's a benzodiazepine, r81, so don't love it too much!

I've taken benzos now and then for years. Maybe 5 a month. Its no biggie. I don't take any anti-depressants.

I LOVED Ativan. I know it's not an anti-depressant but I loved that shit. I didn't even have a prescription. My sister did. One of her many. They used to give her gobs of it per month and she'd share it with me because she didn't particularly care for them. I'd break one of the 1mg pills in half right before bedtime. I'd sleep 8 hours straight and wake up refreshed. I'd go through work in a good mood. My concentration was flawless. It was heaven. Then when some side effects came up the yanked her scrip away. She didn't care cause she rarely took them. It was a tough week of withdrawal for me. Oh my was it tough. They were magic though. All that on a 1/2 of a mg. They were even made for breaking in half.

Cymbalta

" Viibryd is good for career success "

Well, aren't you quite the sake oil salesperson.

I just read on the Harvard Med site inked above that my anti-depressant for the past 20 years, nefazodone (Serzone) is one of those linked to dementia. Listen up, Trazodone users! That drug is chemically related to Serzone and has the same side effect of dementia.

So, DLers -- what should I do? I've never been on anything else, and I don't want to mess up a good thing. But I'm 60 and retired and live alone (and I don't see that changing), and I can't afford to get premature dementia.

Zoloft?

Is there really an anti-depressant that's "best for the gays"?

I was a Zoloft Zombie, tried a number of other options until Cymbala / Duloxetine did the trick. It' subtle - I don't get the wired or drugged feel of other pills. I helps me not got stuck on over thinking, and removes that all encompassing heavy physical feeling of biological depression.

R87 what is the increased likelihood of developing dementia? If the drug makes you EG 5 percent more likely to get it, weigh that risk against the risks you face by going off. Also there are likely other things you can do to moderate the risk - crossword puzzles or whatever, diet / exercise changes etc.

These are serious meds. Not something you take as a booty bump to bump you up people.

I had to use a compounding pharmacy for a few months. For my dog.

While she needed a daily dose of a particular drug, with a weight of only 14 pounds, it had to be compounded to be safe. The pharmacy was great. The drug was expensive. Find other ways to pamper yourselves, gurrls.

TAKE PRISTIQ! I DO!

I take Bovina, it works for everything!

I like to lie on my side while eating Haagen Daz.

R90. Same here with Cymbalta

The best anti-depressant for The Gays is dick!

LOTS OF DICK!

Who could be depressed with lots of dick to suck?

Prozac: took it for three months as a teen and it made me feel better.

Zoloft: Makes me an emotionless zombie, which is great for being a functional robot but unnerving when something great or awful happens and you have zero emotional response.

Wellbutrin: is speed. A couple hours after taking my first pill, I found myself standing on my desk at work and dusting the top of a bookcase, chastising myself in my mind for never having done that before. That night I was on my knees scrubbing the kitchen floor at 11 pm and wondering what was wrong with me. Over the next few months I was shaking and sweating all the time and had gained 20 pounds. I had Parkinson’s-like tremors. Never again.

Klonopin: it’s like wandering into the misty River Styx, somewhere between life and death. At least for me.

I took Zoloft, Klonopin and Wellbutrin for a couple of years at my therapist’s direction and then weaned myself off of them. Wellbutrin made me feel giddily happy but also really nervous. Zoloft numbed me and so overall it worked best as a Band-Aid for anxiety but it didn’t help my social anxiety at all.

Eventually I took ayahuasca several times and after the second time I never had another inclination to end my life (a constant thought from about age 12 through my 30s), and my anxiety improved permanently. The ayahuasca also has made drinking much less fun, which has been a good life change.

Ultimately, I was diagnosed with Lyme and Bartonella (also carried by ticks) infections, which I had probably had since my teens since I was treated for Lyme in 1997. After longer and different antibiotic treatment, in all honesty, my social anxiety simply cleared like clouds being blown away. It has not returned. Bartonella especially is known to create severe neuropsychiatric symptoms and especially anxiety and psychosis, so it seems like the infections were the primary cause of my debilitating anxiety, whereas the depression definitely was mostly due to a rough adolescence. Today I am newly 40, more content and carefree than I’ve been since early childhood and I take no psychotropics, prescription or otherwise.

R99 so the ayahuasca gave you a spiritual view on the state of things or your life? Or did it have more of biological cleansing effect?

For over 10 years I've had extreme fatigue, and I can link it to a bout of the worst flu I've ever had - it seems like my system is stuck in this flu like state. Doctors say it's chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia (I know laugh DL denizens), the physical effects of depression, or they just don't know.

Do you think ayahuasca could be a good 'reboot'?

R100 Ayahuasca is used as a purgative in the Amazon and traditionally a person should eat a specialized diet for a week or do before taking it—in essence, the whole process is a detox/cleanse of the sort of that is popular today, followed by a life changing experience. I don’t think ayahuasca had any significant impact on my physical illness, unfortunately; however, it transformed my whole world view in such a way that being so ill was not devastating to me afterward. The process is more than, say, reading a self-help book. It’s not that. It’s like going through the warp zone to another time and place, often involves re-experiencing some of the most traumatic experiences of your life but in a way that makes them objective and less traumatic. It’s honestly impossible to articulate. For me, it was life changing.

Regarding your illness, I hesitate to comment because this is so controversial, but based on your symptoms I do think it would be wise for you to see a Lyme/tickborne illness specialist. Not to suggest that’s the cause of your illness, but these doctors typically perform so many more blood screenings than almost any other type—uncommon infectious diseases but also immune system complements, etc.

It is possible that the illness you had wasn’t the flu. Flulike symptoms are common with a new Lyme infection, as well as with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV, aka mononucleosis), and EBV was recently linked definitively with ***seven*** serious autoimmune illnesses, with the infection likely triggering an autoimmune cascade disorder; those diseases are multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, type 1 diabetes, juvenile arthritis and celiac disease. I’ll link findings here. It’s not pseudoscience. If I were you, I would get my cd3 and c4a complements and my tryptase levels, as well as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), tested. My ANA has always been negative but mu c4a and tryptase levels were off the charts, indicating full-body inflammation related to Lyme or black mold exposure and mast cell activation syndrome.

R99 is an autobiographical, inspiring post

Give me Librium or give me meth.

Booze and dope.

Cock for bottom.

Butt for top.

I love the obsessed wake & bake queens and those you know do meth because "they can handle it, judgey!" telling everyone to never touch an SSRI, which they know NOTHING ABOUT.

I was in cognitive talk-therapy for years and only threw my youth and money away being cyclically depressed and suicidal. It wasn't until I went on Zoloft, which I believed would "deaden my soul", and not allow me to "feel my highs and lows" - completely false, of course, that I got my life back.

Don't listen to clowns who know nothing. Depression can kill you, try everything and don't prejudge what might help you before trying it like I did!