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[Joey]

I'm supposed to be on meds but I refuse to take them

My mom is supposed to be on them too but neither of us agree with it so meh

[Henrietta]

Ahhhh.

There are so many more people on them than you'd ever know.

I heard on the radio that Utah has the highest percentage of people on antidepressants.

[superboots]

oh i know
i know all about this stuff i'm a psych major

i refused for a long time but talking hasn't really helped much, it helps for a little bit and then it all comes back, so this was my last resort, i suppose

[Henrietta]

So do you know if that's true then?

[superboots]

oh i just know that lots of people are on antidepressants, I don't know anything about Utah

[closeyoureyes]

yeah. i moved like six months ago, and i turned all reclusive. i was depressed, but not to a bad point just greiving for my life. i moved far away. anyways they tried to force me onto these pills, and i was like why dont you just pay attention. i wish we didnt have any money..maybe they'd pay more attention to me. money ruins everything. i moved from vancouver to nanaimo. anti-depressants can be a help. but i didnt need them....

[x.Silver.x]

Yeah, i don't really believe pills work... on most things, that is. Such as "balancing out your brain chemicals to help you become less depressed" (antidepressants). I think people can sort it out on their own, who the hell needs pills? Pills just make us weaker. Animals don't take pills and they manage. Cavemen didn't have pills and they managed... and they were humans just like we are.

I'm currently taking pills to try and shrink a brain tumor in this beautiful head of mine... that's where i try and draw the pill-taking line...

[Joey]

I think pills do work because I know people on them where they work .. but the pills just turn you into every other depressed person out there. Oh you're depressed? Here's some pills .. it just pisses me off. The idea of having to rely on a pill to get through my day seems just wrong. If a tiny pill is the only thing keeping me from killing myself, then I'd rather just kill myself and let fate happen ... a pill to me just brings fake happiness .. if I can't be happy all on my own, I'm not gonna fake it either

[happening fish]

doesn't sound very proactive to me

[Joey]

who said i was trying to be proactive

[superboots]

Yes, I take anti-depressants, but I don't think that my pills help me get through the day. It is myself that allows me to get through the day. The pills help my moods to be a little more stabilized, and everything else that I do is through my own decision and free will

If i weren't on anti-depressants right now, I think I still would be as lonely and depressed as I was before I started going on them. They help me feel less depressed and anxious, so I can actually go on living my life. Because when you're depressed, you don't feel like interacting with people and being productive. Or at least I didn't.

They gave me my life back. Wait, let me reword that. They didn't give me my life back, they HELPED me get it back, because I was the one who chose to better my life once I started feeling better.

Pills don't make us weaker. Depression is a disease. Just like if you had any other illness, you would take pills to make it better. Depression isn't just something that will just "go away." Some people can deal with it by themselves, but I couldn't anymore.
Because I am taking pills, it doesn't make me feel any weaker. In fact, it makes me feel stronger because I took the initiative to make a major change in my life, and admit that I had a problem and that I needed help. And I feel stronger because I realized that I couldn't do it all by myself. Sometimes realizing that you need other people makes you stronger.


I don't know, the happiness that I feel doesn't feel like "fake happiness" to me. I just feel like myself again. I don't live my life in a happy little bubble now, because I'm on anti-depressants. All of my emotions are normal now, and I can control them. So, I feel happy sometimes, neutral sometimes, and sad sometimes. I don't feel like I have this sadness that is overpowering me anymore.

ok that is the end of my rant. I just get upset when people say that pills make you weaker and that you don't need them if you are depressed, and that you can sort it out on your own. You can't change your brain neurotransmitter levels by yourself.

[x.Silver.x]

I just get upset when people say that pills make you weaker

Okay maybe that was a bad choice of words i used when i said "pills just make us weaker." It's just that back in the day when humans didn't have all these fancy meds and pills galore, life still went on. I mean, yeah society was different back then...but life itself was a WHOLE lot worse than we have it now. I just think depression is something that people can fight on their own. Okay, i'll probably get yelled at again for saying that... but...

ERG it just pisses me off that humans are at the top of the food chain, we're destroying the Earth faster and faster these days, we've taken over everything... and yet we have to shove little grainy pieces jammed with medication into our mouths to help us sort out our problems.

i really should shut up, shouldn't i? sorry, i just felt like... getting that out i guess?

[Henrietta]

Life is harder now than it has ever been, just in a different way. Life "back in the day" was physically demanding. Life now is emotionally demanding.

I don't think people are weak for taking pills to help deal with depression, I just think I would be weak on pills. I know it sounds hypocritical, but it's just this weird feeling I have. Which I think is a common problem with people. Like Bethany says, it takes a strong person to really admit there is something wrong with them. You'd probably have to actually try the pills to know if you feel a "fake" happiness or not. I mean, is it any more fake than a feeling you get from being in love or something that is temporary? It's debatable.

Do you have to be on pills forever if you go on them? Or does it depend on the person?

[Joey]

I don't think people are weak for being on meds for their depression, it's just nothing I personally would feel comfortable with. I would just feel like a failure to have to rely on a tiny pill to make my day easier to get through. I understand it's an imbalance in my head and the pills just regulate that .. but still, I just don't personally agree with meds. A lot has to do with my mom feeling the same way and she's been like this since she was a child .. course she's tried to kill herself at least twice ..

meh .. if i'm meant to be happy and get through this i will .. otherwise, oh well .. life's a bitch and then you die I guess I'm just lacking that initiative to actually force myself to give a damn ..

[x.Silver.x]

I would just feel like a failure to have to rely on a tiny pill to make my day easier to get through.

you put that very well

[Henrietta]

I need help

[buzhwa]

I'm here if you want to talk, Cass, and I'm sure others are too.

[Random Name]

how come stupid things that everyone around with deals with everyday can become so stressful and overpowering?

[superboots]

when you find the answer to that, let me know