can i overdose on my anti-depressants

[carnis-insanis]

i think my prefered CBT method would be overdose, can i overdose on lamotrix, fluoxetine and fluoksetyna ? if yes how many pills would i need to take? if no, what pills can i overdose on?

 

[borderline-feline]

I've had a few ODs in my life, and the ones on antidepressants were the ones that made me the most miserable, but they (obviously) didn't kill me. Anti-depressants are minimally toxic since doctors generally don't want to give drugs with higher toxicity to people who are very mentally ill and experience suicidal ideation.

If you're going to overdose, then you wouldn't be able to do it with just one of those medications. Mixing meds and drinking alcohol with them are suggestions that I've heard over the years. The important thing about overdosing is that you want to make sure that it would be fatal, because non-fatal overdoses just make you wish you were dead from the things the body does to get rid of toxic substances.

I also recommend looking into anti-emetics, because your body's first instinct when you've overdosed on pills is to push everything back up to prevent death.

 

[Shadowlord900]

Fluoxetine I don't think can cause death on OD, and from what I've read, fluoksetyna is just another brand name for fluoxetine and prozac.

Lamotrix I've read you can CTB on OD, but it'll take up to 15g worth, and I dunno how unpleasant the death would be.

Best stuff to OD on orally are Sodium Nitrite, barbiturates (Pentobarbital, Phenobarbital) and certain opioids (Fentanyl, Nitazenes).

 

[sufferingextremely]

i think my prefered CBT method would be overdose, can i overdose on lamotrix, fluoxetine and fluoksetyna ? if yes how many pills would i need to take? if no, what pills can i overdose on?

This is almost guaranteed to fail and IMO is a horrible idea. What you have to realize is that your body is designed to live and for that purpose, it is designed very well. Prescription psych medications are typically not very deadly and it takes a massive dose, if you are to have a prayer. You will be in horrible, horrible pain. You will likely vomit, which almost guarantees failure, and then the pain you will be in will probably be more than you can bear. You are likely to make noises out of pain and/or to panic and look for help. The most likely outcome here is that you have a horrible experience, possibly get your stomach pumped, and end up in a psych ward against your will. The least likely outcome is that you CTB.

My situation was getting extremely dire around this time last year. I contemplated an OD on a medication called olanzapine. I had no plans, but was just looking for my options if the time came. At the time, i didn't have any money to get something better, like some N. Olanzapine is a very, very powerful psychotropic that I am prescribed. It is far more deadly than your typical antidepressant. I can't remember off hand, but the amount that I would have had to take to have a reasonable chance of CTB was enormous. I want to say it might have been 3 months supply all at once. What I would have to go through is horrible. It was a combination of convulsions, paralysis, pain, and other horrible stuff.

ODing on any kind of psych medications is extremely low on reliability and extremely low on peacefulness. I hate to be a negative Nancy, but this is the reality of the situation. IMO it is a terrible, terrible idea.

 

[The Eeyorish One]

I'm no expert, but from everything I've heard prescription overdoses don't work very often. I've heard a lot of stories of people waking up the next day/s and feeling like hell. I get why you'd want to though, I think it's a lot easier to swallow some pills than to do some of the other methods here. Unfortunately the best things to od on are illegal so failure is possible before you even try and then you're stuck in jail :/