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If I were you I’d look into chinese medicine, get off the western poisons. If you find a good chinese doc you can take herbs, they are natural, not toxic, do not destroy organs, etc. SO sorry you are going through this….its a sad byproduct of our culture - chemical medicines used constantly with little to no regard for long-term damage. Do NOT just stop taking your meds though. We found a GREat chinese doc (in australi) who was able to get my grandpa off western poisons when he was very sick and on natural herbs….he knew both…even if you cant find a chinese doctor that knows both, you have to slowly titrate/reduce the meds….thats my best suggestion…..i’m sorry youre going through this but dont give up….the chinese doc we found who was good was in Melbourne…i see now you’re in Perth - you’ve a better chance to find someone in Oz then the US…..xxx

p.s. - the chinese med way will also advise re: food - it would probably be best if you got Really clean with food - whole grains, veggies, meat - not processed stuff, not sugar - I think if you just started with That, you’ll be AMazed at the differences in how you feel…I know its kinda a pain and a drag, but it REally changeyour health…..

My anti-depressants react with food too, and with the depression I often can’t concentrate. I used to feel like there was a huge weight physically preventing me from moving or just feel clumsy and slow. You might want to see if your doctor can change your meds if you think they aren’t making you better or you are suffering from side effects. I was on 20 different combinations of pills before I found one that suited.
Best of luck, things will get better it is the nature of the disease to make you think you won’t.
But I have to say, long term the proven thing that helps depression is talking therapies.

That’s really awful and I know exactly what you mean, I can relate to all of that and I guess it’s pretty common. The most important thing to do is keep hassling your doctor over it no matter how silly you feel about it. Eventually you’ll both settle on a drug that works or he will refer you to a psychologist if he hasn’t do so all ready.

You could also try resetting your body so to speak and go cold turkey, I’d suggest talking to you doctor about it first but at least you could both start from the beginning again and maybe get a better grasp on what you’re both trying to treat.

You probably hear this a lot but it’s invaluable to have an exercise routine. A healthier body makes for a healthier mind.

The biggest difference I felt in response to similar side effects to what your feeling was a reduction in dosage. Now I know that as you lower the dosage some of the depression returns but a little bit of depression is easily controlled and is almost valued in some cases because you FEEL again. Hopefully though the side effects will shrink away a little in response.

You could also try therapy, cognitive therapy will teach you methods of dealing with anxiety and depression with or alongside medication.

A combination of these suggestions may work but always keep in touch with your doctor and if you feel like you can’t relate to him or you don’t feel that he’s helping then I would suggest you change, it’s crucial that you can work together on this.

Please let us know how you get on.

do you want to finnish a zombe? get rid of the f***g pills go colt turkey and become the one you were before,you can do it….

I was on Anti-depressants for 5 years. I vowed I will never, EVER take them again. I had the exact same experience. I call those my “Zombie Years.” Anti-depressants are a crutch and mostly unnecessary.
I did nothing but sleep all the time. I felt no emotions and was just so ennui all the dang time. Because I felt nothing I started wondering why I was here and why I needed to be alive and got even MORE depressed. I couldn’t concentrate or focus to save my life.

So, yes I had the same experiences. I’m with you on that. They are worthless horrible drugs.

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dont just go cold turkey without reading about the drug….that can really fxxx you up….some drugs need to be slowly weaned from the body or have horrible/dangerous results…not to scare you but be sure you read about getting off them - they call it titrating the meds….dont want you to be unsafe….hope it works out xx