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Back after some time away

Take5

Hi everyone 

I find myself back here again after a bit of a break from participating. I have still been checking in and enjoying your posts on various topics, it does keep me going. I have felt unable to join in for a while as I felt quite jumbled up and seriously low on  enthusiasm.
I have been taking antidepressants for the past 6 weeks or so as I was feeling quite sad and felt that I needed some help, I wasn’t sure what to expect as it was a very long time ago when I last had them. Back then I felt almost like I wanted to end things so I ceased taking them and said I would never go down that road again. 
This time after getting over the dip in mood and constantly feeling sick I found myself with no enthusiasm for anything and felt numb. I have always been used to my ups and downs and managed it as best I could but this numbness and not appearing to care much about anything is not suiting me at all. I even cancelled my last two therapy sessions as I could not think of anything I wanted to talk about. I have stopped taking the antidepressants for the last 3 days to see how it goes. 

Has anyone else felt like this when taking this kind of medication and have you found it useful at all? I’m really undecided what to do and feel quite messed up over it all.

Thank you for reading and it’s nice to be back. 

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  • in reply to Take5

    I think most anti-depressants take about two weeks before you start feeling any effects other than nausea, after about a month you should start feeling some possitive effects, if you don't then I think it's time to go back to your GP, they may recomend a different type of pill, it can take a while to find the ones that work for you. I've found it worth perserveering with, but then I found they helped me, many people don't, but that could be because they've not stayed on them long enough for them to start working properly or because they just don't get on with them. I know many people don't like the idea of them, I was very resistant at first, you hear so many stories of people getting suicidal and stuff and I think many people equate them with old fashioned barbiturate and valium type of medicines, which modern ones aren't. I was prescribed another type that said I might experience some temporary difficulty in opperating machinery, I had problems opperating a dust pan and brush! I honestly sat in front of the stove, for about 20 mins totally blank and wondering what to do, if you feel like that then I'd say stop taking them or at least go back to your GP sooner rather than later.