SSRI antidepressants / 5HTP?

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yomatt626 · 2016-08-01T13:25:57+00:00

Try supplementing magnesium before you get on a SSRI. most people are deficient, and it's very calming.

Entropy-7 · 2016-08-01T14:21:05+00:00

SSRIs will fuck up your sex. It is so difficult to cum. I didn't like it.

Short term, get some benzodiazapines to straighten you out and then St. John's Wort for the long term. My depression is low-grade and chronic. I suffered from acute anxiety as a divorce lawyer (which is hilarious because I am ex-military and I considered bomb disposal relaxing). A therapist taught me some Jedi mind tricks to actually sleep at night.

That's me. If your situation is more acute then SSRIs or SSRIs might work. If you are dealing with something more severe then that might be your only out.

It was totally fucked for me because nobody took my problem seriously because I didn't want to kill myself. I largely had to figure it out alone. . . Very alone.

RPthrowaway123 · 2016-08-01T12:41:29+00:00

Anxiety. I take citalopram specifically. I think it reduces my libido. Generally I can only fuck once in a day, I can get hard again but girls can't make me cum the second time. However, they've been very effective at helping with anxiety and when I stop taking them I get severe withdrawal symptoms.

hamsterbator · 2016-08-01T19:09:06+00:00

I have prescribed this shit often because patients come asking for it specifically and are unhappy if you don't.

Everyone wants a pill. The theory is nice but in practice the data behind these meds is very fucking suspect. These drugs were mainly pushed to market by only publishing positive trials. When you combine the published and unpublished there is only a benefit in people with SEVERE depression. And that to me is suspect because you know there is so much bias searching for a benefit because there are billions of dollars in this industry.

You WILL feel a difference on these drugs. Some good/some bad but IMO the truth is these pills sell HOPE and work mainly on the placebo effect.

Work on improving shit naturally. You don't want this shit fucking up your dick function. As I mentioned above, get your thyroid and vitamin D and Iron levels checked those are easy fixes.

thisishowibowl · 2016-08-01T16:00:09+00:00

Dr tried putting me on Anti-depressants and almost all made my symptoms worse. One thing that has helped immensely is cutting the refined carbs, read that as NONE. No sugar no wheat,.

Workout everyday, even rest days in something like an active recovery, swimming stretching walking, something. Meditate. Seriously, twice a day. even if its for 5 minutes.

EDIT: ALL have side effects. As a side note, all the mass shooting have a single link in (almost all of them) and it is that they were all on some sort of SSRI's. When you stop taking them, its like all that depression anxiety come racing back all at once. these things are not beign and they should be taken seriously.

Carbs have been linked to depression. Lifting and meditation have been linked to curing depressions.

chooseaburner · 2016-08-01T23:05:38+00:00

What led you to deciding to take them? Did you try other options first?

A brief point on this, if you're getting medical help with depression or anxiety or anything else that may involve antidepressants, you should never take a prescription for it if your doctor hasn't explored methods- therapy- that doesn't involve pills. If you are being prescribed them, your doctor should provide you with a time table as well.

In medicine it is highly unethical to prescribe a patient with pills knowing full well that there are methods that exist that do not require them that haven't been considered and explored first. It's even more unethical to prescribe a patient for a condition for which you have no time table by which they're coming off the pill as well. We're not talking about HIV or Herpes here where you will be treating side effects and minimizing the disease's effect on you for the rest of your life.

anoobaccount · 2016-08-01T20:21:36+00:00

For about seven months I was cycled through four different SSRIs. They helped short term. I became addicted to sex though, and required around three times a day to feel normal. My gf at the time noticed this, and things went south.

Originally I was diagnosed with major depression, which is actually caused from my ADD. I took Adderall, and felt pretty normal for a male. No anger towards self due to inability to concentrate.

The best non-medication I have taken is lifting, daily. I usually get a 'high' feeling after doing very high volume.

Edit: the different SSRIs permanently affected my sexual abilities in a weird way. When on them I could last over an hour, but the pleasure was gone. Now that I am off them I do last much longer than average men but due to the time spent on them I have developed good skills in bed. This is my experience, don't try to recreate it. Having sex all the time is great if you feel pleasure...which I did not have on the SSRIs

Il128 · 2016-08-01T14:27:25+00:00

As someone who has worked in the pharma industry for 30 years, I will share some truth with you.

The way antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs are prescribed is fraudulent. There's no blood test. There's no lab test. A person just says a few words to you and then based on your answers prescribes for you a mind altering drug. This is fucking about as effective as applying leaches. They DO NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE OR NOT!
The effects of these drugs once you've taken them for a while do not wear off for months sometimes years after you stop taking them. The truth is these drugs change your personality, your thought process and a myriad of other normal functions in your brain. From killing your sex drive and your ability to get an erection to what foods taste good to you.
Studies have shown that THC when taken to relieve the symptoms of depression/anxiety is about 50X better at relieving anxiety and depression and the side effects are not nearly as permanent or pronounced.

I'd never take any of those pills some dude prescribed based on a conversation or two. Hell, go to five different psychologists and you could get five different drugs for your symptoms and all of those drugs would work entirely differently.

Feeling anxious? Feeling depressed? Smoking a little pot when you have the symptoms will do more for your well being than any SSRI ever could.

play_time_is_over · 2016-08-01T13:02:28+00:00

Take SSRI for mood disorder.

I work out 12hrs a week, get high distinctions at uni, met up with 6 girls last week and 3 more this week.l, have friends etc.

I do everything right but some mornings I still wake up wishing I didnt.

It mellows me out, makes the day easier, makes it easier tonaccomplish my goals.

My sex drive has suffered - havent jerked off in 3 days and still no desire to. No affect on T levels or gym performance though.

leftajar · 2016-08-01T19:20:20+00:00

SSRI's are totally fucked. If you absolutely must take antidepressants, wellbutrin is what you want. No shitty sexual side effects/emotional numbness.

arethoudeadyet · 2016-08-01T20:27:43+00:00

Took 50 mg Selectra for 3 months, not the best decision. Helped my major depression at the moment but am clear of it for 2 months. Gonna beat anything and everything by myself.

meekdraik · 2016-08-01T21:58:35+00:00

Don't take any SSRIs; I've taken 5-HTP and it just made me more depressed/numb. You feel as if nothing matters and start overthinking your entire life to the point where you just want to end it. It may work for you but didn't for me. Of course; first time I've ever tried it (1st week I should say). I felt amazing; talkative, and didn't care for anything. Afterwards it started going downhill and it lost its effect. I've become passive and didn't care for anything afterwards.

jcromero · 2016-08-01T22:18:04+00:00

5HTP is a natural supplement. It's a form of tryptophan that also has melatonin and serotonin. There have been no side effects. I sleep great and I feel less bummed out. No bad side effects for me!

Title	SSRI antidepressants / 5HTP?
Author	TheWizardofBaghdad
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Date	August 1, 2016 11:07 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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