Help How much can antidepressants do?

[bubblebunny]

I always struggled with being chronically single and having no experience at all. I pushed all my friends away to not get triggered, I deleted all social media to not get triggered, I avoid certain places and certain things i genuinely shrank my world as much as I could to be okay but I still crash out about it. Idk how to survive myself anymore. Constantly longing for something while I know I'm deeply uloveable is exhausting. Can anti depressants help with this type of pain? Can it make it bearable? How i understand it, it just makes you care less about the things that hurt you. At the same time a lot of people said it didn't help them? I don't want to force myself to open up to my gp for nothing. I also am not interested in therapy! I just want to be loved and no one wants me there's nothing more to add or talk about it's just too much to carry

 

[ikiruNObungaku]

It is hard for me to speak about this in relation to your situation, but I will try my best.

I have been on anti-depressants for several years now since I was young. From my own experience, I think the best way to describe it is that it makes you much more numb and stoic. It does not take the problems away, but you will start to notice you have a lack of strong feelings sometimes toward things. I became more much apathetic. But if your body begins to get used to it, that feeling will go away and you will return to how you are. At that point, a doctor will probably recommend your dosage go up, or you get a different brand, and then the cycle repeats over the years.

I am a person who does not really care about relationships or romantic love, so I do not know if it will specifically help you in that subject. But from my assumption, I think if you take anti-depressants, you might care a little less about it. I am not sure if it is worth it though, however, for your situation. Once you get on them, it is very hard to get off.

 

[JeyJeyOfJeypore]

Take them too

They dont do much unless you try


Cant believe i found another person as closed off as me. I deleted that stuff to not be brainwashed instead though

 

[boilingfishcakes]

I think everyone has different reactions to medications. I don't think medication is a silver bullet... but it has a chance help you to help yourself if that makes sense. It can help you feel things less intensely. If you want to get better, it's worth a shot.

My personal experience has not been the best: I have been put on a plethora of different medicines, from ssris, anti psychotics, benzos, list goes on. Nothing has helped me. I am in the process of getting Ketamine therapy which I have heard good things about.

So even if traditional psych meds don't help, you still have avenues to explore...

 

[The Disqualified]

You should definetely try therapy or psychiatry at least once before calling them off.
The outcome of these things is highly variable from person to person. There is no silver bullet as another user said.

I would say anti-depressants have made me more assertive and stable, but it is not a magic fix.

 

[user274738273]

They did nothing for me, they just made me gain 15kg lol