Does antidepressants medications really make people happy?

@Random1Thoughts Really, it was pure luck. The doctor who prescribed the toxic combo, instantly labeled me schizophrenic and wanted to put me on some scary sounding shit, and that's when a visiting general practitioner, read my file and asked if they had noticed that the hallucinations had started about 20 hours after the first dose. No history of hallucinations, but my psychiatrist first poisons me then misdiagnosed me. Can anybody here say, incompetent? That doc ended in jail for writing scrips on demand....for a price of course.

@Serenitree
Misdiagnosed often happen unnoticed. I always believe in seeking second opinion with anything regarding ones health. Consider yourself lucky that GP spotted it.

@Random1Thoughts indeed I do. Once he put me on that combo, I couldn't have argued or even considered seeking a second opinion. I was in another universe. If he had put me on medication for schizophrenia, I have no idea if I would ever have left the hospital.

@SW-User
Have you ever consider herbal remedies? I'm not familiar but just wondering if there are natural remedies.

@Random1Thoughts I haven’t. I’ve tried different prescribed meds and I’ve experienced the same effects.

I just stay away from all of that. Too scared that I’d get dragged back in.

Best to stay away if it's not beneficial for you or your wellbeing. @SW-User

@Random1Thoughts Yeah, I don't take then ever (again).

@ButterFly2023 I don't blame you. Did you find some home remedies?

Nah. I just listen to Leonard Cohen or NINs. Or hang out on SW 24/7. Or take up being a drug/alcohol addict as a distraction.

So it's a trial and error with dosage and type of medication. @LyricalOne

@Random1Thoughts Absolutely. Because there is still so much to learn about the functioning of the brain. Certainly no “one size fits all” answers.

Exactly! @LyricalOne

That's serious side effects. @TacoCat

What were the side effects in your experience. @ButterRobot

I think you can get so level that you don’t feel anything really. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

I guess it's good if it can uplift some people. @SW-User

So it seem. @SW-User

Make a note to yourself to never take them again. @pentacorn

@Random1Thoughts i sure did make that note.

@kate21
That's excellent, if it's helping you cope then it's definitely working.

So it seem from reading some of the replies. @Callmewhatyouwill

Are you taking them now? @AmbivalentFriability

@Random1Thoughts Yep.

@AmbivalentFriability Im glad it's helping you feel balanced.

🤣🤣@ArcaneAlex