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Anti-depressants have suicidal feelings as a side effect, but it gradually wears off after a while. Try excercising more, it helps releiving anxiety. I’ve struggled with anxiety a lot before, I wasn’t even able to hook up with people because I’d be next to a toilet all day nearly throwing up and having heart palpitations. Try to keep going on the meds. If you’re not comfortable doing that though, try talking to your doctor again and ask about perhaps having a switch of anti-depressants. It may not work, but it may help. I wish you luck, I know how much of a burden anxiety can be

ka.backu wrote:
um well why, if you don’t mind me asking, is your anxiety so bad? It’s fine if you don’t want to answer but I’m not quite sure but sometimes for me when things get really bad I just wanna get away, you know, pack my bags, maybe get someone to come with me, and just take a few days off and go somewhere just different where i can just sort through everything. But like i said i dont know…

I’m sorry if I have offended you? I suppose I just get heart problems from my anxiety, and the feeling of the need to throw up with those horrible cool flashes. I still honestly think that you should try the medications one more time, they may just help in the end. However, like I said, if y ou feel you can’t, you should really return to your doctor. I heard biofeedback can help people with anxiety if you can avail to that

Antidepressants don’t work for some people - simple as that. However, there are many different types, so you may wish to give a few different types of medication a go.
Otherwise you could try going to talk to a psychiatrist regularly. Sharing you problems and any worries you have is almost guaranteed to make you feel better, even if you don’t want a response - it sometimes is just comforting to have someone to listen.
Personally, I have been battling anxiety and depression for years, and strangely, I have found this website massively useful. I love helping other people - it just feels amazing, and it is like an escape. Also, I often encounter people with problems I relate to, and that way, you can get some amazing advice.
Have you also considered getting a small part time job somewhere? In a library, for example, where there will be a little social interaction, but not so much as to make you anxious. something like that would help ease your anxiety and give you a sense of achievement.
Good luck - you are in a tough situation, but you are a stronger person for it.

Stay away from the pills and try to sort this out with a multi-pronged approach. You gave yourself a lot of solutions, so the ones that feel right for you are the best. Going away will change your environment and activate your brain, so will deep meditation and exercise. The key is to get some of those good juices flowing like circulation, good hormornes flow and good digestion, start with adding some good fruits or vegies to your diet, make a protein shake, drink orange juice, take a multi-vitamin. This will help with getting your body back some of it’s lost energy. Make quiet time for yourself 2x per day. Learn a new skill, such as playing music or drawing or writing. Get the brain focused on new things to activate it. Notice when you start thinking in the downward spiral. The key is to notice yourself thinking, once that is done (this may take several days of practice), you can make a choice to think or do something else. Seek out a group of persons, or start your own, who feel as you do. Talk to a counselor, doctor, priest, guru, holistic healer or therapist. I say all of this because my girlfriend lost her son in the same way as you describe. He was on and off the anti-depressants and only suicidal when on them. It was a surprise to everyone that he took his life, and I’m sure a surprise to him as well when he passed onto the other side. Examine your life for where the emptyness may have begun, do this in the presence of a qualified counselor or healer, or get an excellent self-help book and follow the exercises within. You have the beautiful power to change and find your divine self, you absolutely do.