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kerosene · 01-13-2007, 07:21 PM

Ooh, anti-depressants...I could go on for a while about my experiences with these. For a short period before I was married the first time, I took Prozac. It seemed to numb me out for a bit and I suppose it was helpful due to the stress I was under at the time. I wove in and out of periods of deep depression, interlaced with periods of happiness and comfort. It was about 3 years ago that I tried the anti-depressant route again, and it got me through a very severe bout of depression, spurred by a miriad of problems in my life. I was taking Effexor for about a year until I felt like the drug was causing my brain to "jolt" which disturbed me. I switched to Zoloft for a while and then eased off of it once things started swinging back into a balance for me. I have been off these sorts of drugs for more than a year now and feel pretty good most of the time. Sure, I get mildly depressed, but I haven't felt the "maybe everyone would be better off without me" feelings. Skipping back to my teenage years I was a mess, with parents that either didn't pay much attention to me or weren't even there (my mother worked seriously long hours as a CPA and my dad travelled most of the time.) I was a pretty shy girl, as a teen, so I didn't have too many friends. I really trusted nobody. I went through some quite severe bouts of depression back then, accompanied by cutting my hands and thoughts of depression. I felt like the pain I felt with cutting was a comfort in comparison to my emotional feelings of guilt, anger and at some point, indifference. I tend to think (at least as of the last 20 years or so) that these feelings as a teenager are fairly common. It's just that some have people they can talk to about it (friends, family, counselor, etc.) and others don't. I dunno though. I could be way off base.

Shawnee, I wanted to tell you that nobody should think any less of you for baring your soul sometimes. Personally, I respect your honesty and ability to be so candid with people you might not know in person. Your ability to do this encourages others (like me) to trust this forum. Thank you for that.

01-13-2007, 07:21 PM	#79
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Ooh, anti-depressants...I could go on for a while about my experiences with these. For a short period before I was married the first time, I took Prozac. It seemed to numb me out for a bit and I suppose it was helpful due to the stress I was under at the time. I wove in and out of periods of deep depression, interlaced with periods of happiness and comfort. It was about 3 years ago that I tried the anti-depressant route again, and it got me through a very severe bout of depression, spurred by a miriad of problems in my life. I was taking Effexor for about a year until I felt like the drug was causing my brain to "jolt" which disturbed me. I switched to Zoloft for a while and then eased off of it once things started swinging back into a balance for me. I have been off these sorts of drugs for more than a year now and feel pretty good most of the time. Sure, I get mildly depressed, but I haven't felt the "maybe everyone would be better off without me" feelings. Skipping back to my teenage years I was a mess, with parents that either didn't pay much attention to me or weren't even there (my mother worked seriously long hours as a CPA and my dad travelled most of the time.) I was a pretty shy girl, as a teen, so I didn't have too many friends. I really trusted nobody. I went through some quite severe bouts of depression back then, accompanied by cutting my hands and thoughts of depression. I felt like the pain I felt with cutting was a comfort in comparison to my emotional feelings of guilt, anger and at some point, indifference. I tend to think (at least as of the last 20 years or so) that these feelings as a teenager are fairly common. It's just that some have people they can talk to about it (friends, family, counselor, etc.) and others don't. I dunno though. I could be way off base. Shawnee, I wanted to tell you that nobody should think any less of you for baring your soul sometimes. Personally, I respect your honesty and ability to be so candid with people you might not know in person. Your ability to do this encourages others (like me) to trust this forum. Thank you for that.