been on it for 11 years.....have tried to come off it before but it's not possible for me and i've accepted that that is ok! SSRIs can be life saving drugs so definitly worth considering. they mostly kind of....put blinders on your emotions. like blunt the high highs and the low lows. so your spectrum of feeling might feel shortened..... which is hard. but in some cases is crucial for living life. i would not be who i am without the help of ssris
i was put on prozac about three years ago. i was having crazy panic and anxiety attacks that would last for weeks. i didn't feel like myself which was the scariest part. i was apprehensive at first but my mom really encouraged me and it actually really helped. i think prozac was right for me and it was the most useful in preventing the worst of the worst. it was really helpful in rewiring a lot of the thought patterns that i couldn't get out of myself. i now don't need to take it. i think i had to take it so then i didn't need it if that makes sense. i know there can be some adverse effects for people but i think you have do do what feels right for you.
i won't tell you it'll definitely work for you, because everybody's different and what works for one person won't work for everyone, but for me, lexapro literally changed my whole life. i had been depressed since i was like 11 and like, i still have depression, but i'm not depressed all the time if that makes sense. i went from feeling like nothing on a good day and like the world would be a better place without me in it on a bad day... now most days i honestly feel good. i feel more motivation than i did before. i do things more, rather than just lying in bed and doing nothing. i still worry and i still get depressed, but not like i used to. the incredibly dark spirals are a rare occurrence now. i actually think the only time i've felt as bad as i used to was when i had a brief interaction with another medication. personally, i haven't experienced like any of the horrible side effects that many people experience. it literally has just been good all around for me. i started taking my prescription when i was 21, so five years ago, and it has enabled me to accomplish things i honest to god never could have imagined before i started it.
