Can antidepressants treat both anxiety and depression? #shorts
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That would explain alot. . .I've had weird responses to antidepressants, stimulants, and just recently, muscle relaxants
My anxiety meds made me feel worse until I started taking a mood stabilizer as well. Now my moods are steady, I have much less anxiety, not a hint of depression, and I have better control of my life.
It can take a combination of meds and a bunch of trial and error to find the right match.
Thanks for your lessons 🙏🌷💕🌺
If i take anti depressants i get serotonin syndrome please explain what is the alternative.
I manage with benzo alone for my anxiety?
This explains a LOT! Thanks!
Doctors gave me three different ones to see if they would help with fibromyalgia. Every one made me gain 10 pounds that still have not come off.
Antidepressants are not a long term solution
Of course, the old corticotropin releasing factor
I quite my job do to this 😢
Imagine me, a Cushing’s patient (hypercortisolism caused by a tumor the secretes ACTH, the hormone she’s talking about) trying to take antidepressants and not want to punch someone. My shrink tried everything for years before I was finally diagnosed with Cushing’s. Constant fight or flight, irrational anxiety. Xanax barely takes the edge off.
WHY DO ANTI DEPRESSANTS, & ANTI ANXIETY DRUGS HAVE SIDE EFFECTS OF SUICIDE, & HOMICIDE ? & WHAT ARE THE STATISTICS OF PEOPLE, WHO ARE ON THESE DANGEROUS DRUGS, COMMITTING SUICIDE, & HOMICIDE ? ? I'D RATHER GET MORE SUNLIGHT, WHICH EFFECTS HORMONES, WHICH EFFECTS BRAIN CHEMISTRY…I'D RATHER GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, EAT MORE NUTRITION FOOD, TAKE VITAMINS, & MINERALS, EXERCISE, GET COUNSELING, GET A BETTER JOB, LEAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP, GET A PET, CLEAN, & PAINT MY SPACE, LISTEN TO MUSIC, HELP SOMEONE ELSE, DO SOME ART, OR CRAFT…OR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. ..RATHER THAN TAKE A CHANCE OF BECOMING SUICIDAL, OR
HOMOCIDAL…I WOULD DEFFINATELY SEEK ALL ALTERNATIVES FIRST !!
Please do a video on PSSD
Cast All Your anxiety on HIM
because He cares for you
Peter 5:7
Jesus loves you ❤
i take no ssris because they dont do anything for me HOWEVER i was placed on a seritonin modulator first drug to help my mood and anxiety
I stayed anxious on antidepressants. It was not "at first."
Please help promote mental health awareness ❤
What does that mean? In my opinion no it doesn't
Make sure to address dietary changes.
Limit sugar, artificial sweeteners and color, msg. Lots of processed foods have ingredients that can affect mood, sleep, and obviously overall health.
My mdd is so bad that I’m on 40mg lexapro a day. Without this my anxiety is off the charts
Anti depression medication? Thorazine, stellazine , zanax. I had enough. I had been through enough loss thru death of my husband. Parents in a six month period. Depression caused me not to be able to work. I lost custody of my kids, lost my job, lost my home. I had panic attacks to the point I couldn't go out. I.had custody of my youngest child. I didn't do drugs or drink but I wasted all day just sitting around drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. One day I became disgusted at how my life was passing me by stuck inside the house. I showered,cleaned up the house. Then I did something unusual. I opened the front door and windows. I did something I was terrified of doing. I walked out side. I felt I was suffocating. I couldn't breathe. I forced myself to walk 20 feet. I knocked on my neighbors door and invited her to sit with me just to enjoy a cup of coffee. She did. She knew I had anxiety. It was all I could do not to run inside. Later that day, my 6 year old son got off the school bus and my neighbor walked up both to her car. We went to the mall I didn't want to be out but she made me go. Ever since that day, I have challenged myself to go out, with no medication. I was tired of wasting my time. Now, I have a job working at home. I can't sleep at night so instead of wasting time for 8 hours I decided to divide that time into 1 hour periods. I started by learning a new foreign language for an hour; I crocheted for an hour, then I went back to oil painting or drawing for an hour, then it was cooking, etc. I get bored and impatient with TV but forced myself to watch a movie. By this time, it was almost day. I still couldn,'t sleep. I can't go out alone. My neighbor was kind enough to take us out for lunch and a visit to a bookstore. The moral of this is that Depression, anxiety robs you of your life. I forced myself to get the upper hand. Finally, I joined a dating site. After much texting. I agreed to meet up with a new friend online. We had one date and got along well and agreed to meet again. To make matters worse, both our roomates had moved out, we were both in danger of being homeless. It was a risky thing to do but decided I would move into his place. I didn't know it until.the first week together but he had PTSD, panic attacks.He had PTSD from being in a war in Europe. his wife had died in a motorcycle accident. He lost his home and business. We were perfect for each other. We understand each other's suffering so we are an emotional support ; sit with each other through anxiety and panic attacks, HE has organ failure which requires at least 20 to 30 hours a week for treatment at his doctors or the ER. I am there for him. I can't drive but he can if he takes Zanax so if I need to go shopping, he is kind enough to get me there and wait while I get what we need and bring me home. I clean, cook, iron, etc because his medication leaves him unable to. If you suffer from.depression, Anxiety, PTSD, try to find somebody online to be your support buddy
In addition to my comment below I kept challenging myself to do more and more not to get locked inside the house with anxiety, panic attacks. I am now a 24/7 caregiver to my LTR who himself has PTSD, panic attacks. He also has organ failure. We spend 20 to 40 hours a week at either the doctor or the same day surgery every week. This is helpful to him. Great for me because it for forces my attention off myself so I can take care of him. I can't go outside without him. I use no medication at all.except Lusinopril for blood pressure. More and more often, I have been able to cross the street to catch a bus to go shopping, walk 12 steps to a connecting bus. I can't cross open spaces for more than a few feet. I get off the connecting bus and walk across a parking lot but from here it is OK because I know this area like a book. No surprises. I can fake being normal. There is a Walmart, a restaurant. a discount outlet and a coffee shop bookstore so for one day a week I have a handle on my anxiety. Panic attacks I can actually shop, have lunch, go to my favorite stores and pretend I am normal. I am enjoying myself. After 30 years here, though, I cannot risk getting on a strange bus or going into a strange part of town. I would freak out. Just once, I overestimated what I thought I could do and went to visit my exist grave in a cemetery. The tombstones didn't bother me–,it was all the damn open space there I had to walk that did me in. I had to call a cab to go home
All mass shooters have something in common.
Watching your video brought me tears because I completely relate to everything you said and we have experienced the same situations. My anxiety heightened in middle school as well with an overwhelming fear of vomiting and then breathing and right now I’ve been stuck on swallowing 😂it’s so annoying and weird at the same time but everytime I overcome something I make sure to congratulate myself and remind myself I’m stronger than this disease. God bless you on your journey ❤
Wow
No one should take these. It's all garbage
These drugs destroy lives
who are people more prone to anxiety
Why don’t we talk about increasing dopamine!? Less then optimal of this too can contribute to anxiety and depression
So what's the point?
Ok
Thanks Tracey. I’m about to swap from Sertraline to Citalopram because my therapist suggests it’ll help more with my anxiety. However because Citalopram is another SSRI I’m afraid it’ll function as a pharmaceutical castration again. Citalopram just seems to have all the downsides of all the SSRIs.
I feel so confused about it. My anxiety, panic attacks & depression are primarily due to living next to a busy town centre junction, where 16 lanes of noisy traffic converges 24/7/365. I need to move because I’m diagnosed with ME/CFS which causes sensory overload & I’m diagnosed with Tinnitus & Hyperacusis which causes stress, anxiety, panic attacks, hyper vigilance & feeling suicidal as well as ME making me feel suicidal.
My living environment is like a sensory torture chamber & I fail to understand how Citalopram is going to help in my situation.
I’ve applied to my social housing provider to move on health grounds & a panel of 3 housing association staff decided I wasn’t eligible to move, on health grounds even though none of the housing assessment panel were medically qualified to assess the negative effects of my living environment on my health.
I’ve made a formal complaint for negligence, discrimination & incompetence to name a few. I m not optimistic Citalopram will help me because the triggers are primarily sensory & physiological. It’s so tiring.
I doubt they work ha ha medical field is a joke and almost killed me
Antidepressants had HORRIBLE side effects on me. From vision changes to passing out.
I'm depressed with the state of society but that's not as easily fixed as it is with medicine it's just sad.
💚✌🏽What’s wrong with your photos.? Creepy
💚✌🏽I don’t stay inside because I have anxiety. I stay in cause people are crazy dangerous and full of shit.
💚✌🏽Find a friend on line you say.Good luck with that if all they do is hack your phone or computer or scam you for money you’re lucky. No thank you.
I take antidepressants for anxiety and I didn’t felt anxious at first
antidepressants have made me more depressed
This is why medications don’t work. The side effects are worse than the “disease”
Why do they make you 💩💩💩 your brains out when you first start!? Typing as in the toilet thanks medication. 🤪
Im on deer in headlights mode 😂❤
Last 6 years a m taking ssri or snri but it's increasing my fear and anxiety I dnt knw why now I stopped and I feel better
I just took it yesterday morning and couldn’t sleep all night, I was stressed and my heart was beating fast. I’m not taking Sertraline, I’ve been taking it and then quitting and then took it again and it’s a no… I’m just now taking Concerta for Adhd
Never try medicine I was felt as crazy two years back then I stoped if u all think no u will laugh u will cry u will be so moody if u don’t sleep because it makes u sleep so long about 8 to 7 hrs at lest so not a good choice in my experience
Doctor does have to do with Methylation levels, under or over?