Getting back on antidepressants help

[FauxxTrot]

Hello I've been gone awhile but I'm making an effort to come back. I lost heating in my house over the winter and things have been dark.I'm contemplating getting back on antidepressants, but I wanted to hear what you all think too. Not about any one in particular I have options and will likely go back to Wellbutrin.

My question for you all is in what way has antidepressants helped you? Does it give you more energy to do the things you need? Take away the dark feelings? Fill the emptiness? I think in the past I expected antidepressants to make everything happy again in my mind but I'm realizing that might not be what I should expect.

Sorry I've been gone but I miss this group and want to come back

[Artistfriend]

Glad youre back, even though ive just joined myself recently. I take an antidepressant for anxiety. All it does for me is reduce the anxious feelings somewhat so theyre not as intense. For me meds have always been a coping mechanism so im not struggling as much and can focus and go forward with the real work i needed to do. I dont think any med can fix anything per se. Its just to help manage symptoms. If you feel it helped in the past i would try it again and start therapy also to get to the deeper stuff if you havent already

[AnxiousSilver]

"My question for you all is in what way has antidepressants helped you? Does it give you more energy to do the things you need? Take away the dark feelings? Fill the emptiness? I think in the past I expected antidepressants to make everything happy again in my mind but I'm realizing that might not be what I should expect."

For me, it was to try to, "Help cope with life".

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"Sorry I've been gone but I miss this group and want to come back "

And we're glad you're back.

[bethelbee]

Welcome back! For me antidepressants helped me manage my depression but didn't take care of the root cause. I was first on them starting in 1987 and when they finally started working I did feel like a new person at the time. and gave me more energy. Over the years I had my ups and downs with meds and with life happenings. After being on meds for about 32 years I became treatment resistant to them. The last few I tried either didn't work or gave me really bad side effects. Luckily my present therapist recommended TMS(transcranial magnetic stimulation) and that has been my treatment of choice the past couple years. Whatever treatment you decide on, it is just an adjunct to other therapy as you need it. Hope this helps and you find a comfortable place to be.

[Darkhouse]

They seem to quiet that ugly voice that lives inside my head, the one that says "You're not good enough, you're a failure, just stay in bed all day" etc. It's still there, but quieter. I'm also bipolar, so I take Abilify to smooth out the highs and the lows and Remeron for the depression. Also propranolol for anxiety and Topamax just to smooth everything out, lol!! Without them, I swing wide, spending months in bed sleeping, then a month up being manic... So yeah, they help. But they don't cure it, for shizzle....