I don't think I can take meds for mental health...

Every kind I've ever tried makes it worse.

Sometimes I wonder if I don't have anxiety or depression at all. Maybe I'm just a screwball and I need to embrace it.

I'm almost one week on the nightmare meds, laying here after work and my shoulders and chest won't stop shaking. I sobbed the entire first half of work. Luckily it's easy for me to hide.

I can't do this.

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SlippingAway ·

I am the same way, I've tried so many anti-depressants and they always made my anxiety way worse and never helped in any sort of way for depression. I tried staying on them at least 6 months and still nothing. I just think some of us don't take well to them and it's not a fix for everyone. I am sorry you are going through it, I can relate to this big time.

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SlippingAway ·

@ScreamingFox I've tried taking a lot of different things but unfortunately no easy way for me. I do find that staying active helps with my anxiety though. It's not a fix by any means but does help the intensity of it for me. Maybe it's just burning energy off I don't know.

ScreamingFox · 41-45, F

@SlippingAway physical activity definitely helps. I can tell when I'm not getting enough. Being outside in nature and quiet helps too. If only insurance would cover time off so I could actually take care of myself 🙄

Do you have any idea why you have bad reactions?

SlippingAway ·

@ScreamingFox Not really, I just chaulk it up to my body hates me LOL

faery · F

I can't do them either. Tons of side effects and way, way worsened anxiety. Can't take anything that alters serotonin, even in the herbal world, like St. John's Wort. Herbs that help with the HPA axis work better for me, like American ginseng and a few others.

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faery · F

@ScreamingFox It is just like that, and I always felt like docs don't believe me when I would report my results and just want me to try another med with the same mechanism. It always just made things even worse.

There are a few types of ginseng. I like American ginseng because it's less 'heating' and on the gentler side as far as stimulating effects go, compared to the other ginsengs. Makes my adrenals strong.

ScreamingFox · 41-45, F

@faery I've tried over a dozen meds and I just wasted my life on this one too lol

Docs really push meds...

Thank you so much for sharing your tip. I'm all up for trying herbal remedies.

faery · F

@ScreamingFox You got it 😊

Livingwell · 61-69, M

I was diagnosed for 50 yrs with depression. Nothing worked. I then saw a neurologist. He instantly diagnosed OCD. Put me on a med and I've never been happier. I don't check the lights, door, stove 30 times anymore. No anxiety either. So happy being normal.

Prettybratbi1tch · 26-30, F

I'm sorry sending virtual hugs your way

SinlessOnslaught · M

hugs

MagnumPI · 51-55, M

My wife can not take them either. Gives her suicidal thoughts.

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MagnumPI · 51-55, M

@ScreamingFox That is not a person you should be with. You have problems that others can not understand. You did not ask for them, but you have them.

ScreamingFox · 41-45, F

@MagnumPI he took it personal and would lay into me about everything I did wrong, then five minutes later say I was perfect and act sorry. It gives me the chills thinking about it. By the end of the argument my bad day was eluded and we were babying his ego because "he made a mistake"...

MagnumPI · 51-55, M

@ScreamingFox Anytime you want to talk, hit me up. We have talked before

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