chris27292729: When on antidepressants, mainly all takers gaining weight.
And considerably reduce their life span ... due to all manner of complications that are related to their use but can be explained away by 'Well, it's not uncommon for people of your age to ...
I heard anti depressants will mask a depression but the drug makers don want people to know that the anti depressants will also accelerate memory loss, Alzheimer's etc.
galrads: I heard anti depressants will mask a depression but the drug makers don want people to know that the anti depressants will also accelerate memory loss, Alzheimer's etc.
Essentially that category of drugs do no more limit the 'range' within which a person is able to 'feel emotions'
They cannot 'feel' depressed but neither can they feel any of the positive joyful emotions either ... which ( in normal life ie without such drugs ) would be the means by which a person 'pulls themselves out or through a depression'
This is the reason why telling a person who's on ADs to pull themselves out of it is unhelpful.
They have no more ability to do so than you would if I told you to weigh anchor on an oil tanker that had no winch!
But, in general, talking about ADs to a person who is on ADs is usually as practical and fulfilling as trying to teach swimming to a drunk who jumped off a cruise ship expecting to fly...
May 23, 2017 2:45 AM CST Anyone on anti depressants?
HotSugarSomewhere in Argieland, Buenos Aires Argentina1 Threads33 Posts
HotSugarSomewhere in Argieland, Buenos Aires Argentina33 posts
I myself don't take any of these drugs but I was told it could help with my depression and to become more productive. Then they gave me a coupon to get a discount at the drug store. Needless to say I still have the coupon...
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