I have suffered periods of intense and persistent depression in my life, I’ve never talked much about it and never in public before as I’ve never wanted to identify as a depressive or be seen as mentally ill. Now though, I’ve made a video all about it!
This is a video I’ve been thinking about making for many years – I guess it finally felt like the right time. Despite how it may look, this is not a confessional, not a cry for help or anything like that, I am well removed from the events I talk about.
Instead, I have made this video with the aim to help others that might in a similar place to where I once was, or know someone that is. I also wanted to share what it’s like to be on these powerful drugs, because I don’t think doctors always prepare people very well for what’s going to happen to them.
These were the anti-depressants I was prescribed:
Fluoxetine, brand name Prozac
Paroxetine, brand names Paxil and Seroxat
Venlafaxine, brand name Effexor
Sertraline, brand name Zoloft
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Ah thanks Max, I have also dealt with depression and totally agree with your point that it never goes away but hides somewhere. Recognising if/when you start spiraling back into depression is important so that you can warn others around you, try to change things that might trigger depression and most importantly, I found just being kind to myself and saying it was okay to fall back into depression, rather than fighting and punishing myself for not being 'strong enough' to resist it. I also found one of the very best ways to manage depression was through regular exercise. It won't stop it but it can moderate things and give you some perspective.
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here
Please please please be aware if taking Venlafaxine, many including myself have encountered a very unpleasant side effect known now as 'brain zaps', it is like horrible little electric shocks in your head. Mine are only now subsiding but after about 5 years!! Yes they can help some but be well aware this could happen.
Thank you. This hit
Home. Thanks for explaining it so well. Wise words
May I just say I only once was prescribed anti-depressants, which was following the passing of my mother. It was not so much the passing of my mother that caused me anguish but the turmoil in my family that transpired following her passing as she had been the strongest one of our family.
After one week of taking anti-depressants I returned to my Doctor and told her that this medication was making me feel like death itself!.
She disposed of them immediately and I will never ever take such poison again. Life is not about getting by with prescribed medication, life is about surviving without such poison.