Thread: Anti-depressants

I'm on Affexor and have been for nine months. Long story short I was in the hospital with severe stomach pain which they thought may be an ulcer. It wasn't so they decided I'm too stressed out and wanted to give me an anti-depressent.

personally, i think friends can be the best anti-depressant... well my group of goofy friends anyways... good times but seriously, what is it with everyone having depression these days? it seems to me that the more technologically advanced we become, the more uncivilized and mentally messed up we get. pretty soon doctors will have us hopped up on so much crap that we won't feel anything at all anymore... BRAVE NEW WORLD anyone? i find that when i'm feeling down it's because something's bothering me, so i just let someone know whats going on with me, sometimes it helps to let it out (what this site is so great for). or i'll just see what my friends are up to and go hang out with them. this is not always the case i know, but like i said, friends CAN be the best medicine ya know?

that wasn't entirely the point i was trying to make. i was trying to say that in today's society depression seems to be more and more common. also, it seems that technology is also the cause of it in some respects. some can get out of it on their own and there are others who can't, i don't condemn them for it. in fact i was just stating how i can get out of it (sometimes), i also said that that doesn't work for everyone, if you read the last sentence. each person has their own way for dealing with things, to each his own so to speak. beliefs can play a role in your life whether you believe it or not. i believe in friendship and it's that belief that pulls me through rough times most of the time, not always. but hey, whatever, what do i know?

You hope it can sedate you until you find out whats really bothering you??

How do you excpect to figure anything out when you're forced into a state of fake happiness??

I was on lithium for a little while and I hated it. If I want to feel down and be sad then I should be able to do that without everyone flipping out and trying to shove pills down my throat.

In todays society, people try to fix everything with pills.

that's what i was trying to say Aphrodite, and i agree with you. unfortunately i got chewed out for it. if they had read my post more clearly i said that yes there are the few who really need it, but most look for pills rather than finding out what is really causing it. there's more to life than just sitting there feeling sorry for yourself, get up, seize the day! ok, let the flaming begin!