Not a question - a warning!

Thank you. I never once thought about suicide before anti-depressants.

Its cruel that my doctor never acted upon my worries.

We should all be aware of drug side effects and outweigh the benefits.

If you have a bad reaction - stop it. I wish I had done....too late now.

Thankyou for sharing.  Hope you are better now

Poop-out means the drug stops working. This may happen gradually or sudden as in my case. I started getting side affects as my body is rejecting the drug but also got to face withdrawel on top of this.

when you come to withdraw - do it slowly. Many people don't get withdrawels but it's safer to do it slow. 10% every 4 weeks.

Plays with hormones too.

Thanks for your advice and I really hope you gradually find some way forward 

Sarah, how long have you been on it and for how long. I agree withdrawal must be gradual. I've cut down from 45 to 30 and will cut again in a month.

5 years. You may want to go slower. Listen to your body. I am shaving off a mg at a time. I am sensitive. The slower the better for some. Not quite sure how some people have no trouble withdrawing and yet others do.

hope it goes well for you.

Thank you. I will never forgive my doctor for pushing this crap on me.

I am grieving for myself all day - I would have all of my limbs removed to actually feel like my old self again....sounds extreme but this is bad.

Many people out there are medicated for bi-polar after an adverse reaction to an anti-depressant. I could have been one of them.

Cruel

Hi Sarah.

I am curious -- did a doctor tell you about the "poop-out" phenomenon? Because I think I may be suffering from the same thing -- but no one has ever told me that if you go off SSRIs, they may never work again for me. I am wondering if this is common knowledge?

Yes a very good phyciatrist named dr Healy is well aware of what drugs can do. Antidepressants may well work for you again. Everybody is different. 

Tolerance to a drug is similar. People up dose there drug - this may work for a while.

Also, many doctors are un-aware of this.

 

I've given up with my doctor.

I have been on Mirt for over a year, went up to 45mg and have very gradually reduced to 15mg,I agree you have to go with your own body, no disrespect but I do feel most people who have or who have had a depressive illness have more knowledge of the condition and how it affects them than a GP. I have had a few episodes and have found this is the best med for me but my earliest med was seroxate and that was horrific. I have found mindfulness helps in between episodes and can help to reduce the severity of future episodes. 

One medication for someone can be a bummer for the next person. We all have to understand that throwing chemicals at the brain is not an exact science. If a problem happens, definitely talk to your doctor (or insist on seeing another doctor) if something goes wrong.

Mirt has helped me faster than any SSRI and does not give me insomnia problems. All SSRIs gave me insomnia. Seroxat made me feel like I was invincible and kind of like I was on amphetamines and allowed me to drink shed loads of alcohol. Not exactly the most ideal medication for me. On Mirt I can relax and be content self or at least 90% myself.

You are so right, Luke. One man's poison is another's life-saver. However, Sarah makes an interesting point, one that I had not heard -- that if you've been on an SSRI for a long time, and then gone off it, another SSRI may not work because it has changed your brain chemistry. It's all a crap-shoot, as far as I'm concerned. I am now taking 20 mgs Celexa, but it doesn't really seem to be helping. Mirt did change my mood, and very quickly, but I just could not handle the constant hunger and subsequent weight gain. So I stayed on it for a couple of months and then stopped.

Yes, I have to tell my doctor of the side-effects. He was wanting me to take the "full" dose of 30 mg yest it was mang me sleep up to 12 hours. If I havean early appointment I generally don't take any.

Absolutely.   The garbage that they are not addictive?  I don't know many people who have ever managed to give them up.  I am giving it a go.  After 18 years on and off.  I now realise my first ""episode" was merely a severe reaction to a valium tablet.  these meds have destroyed my life.

I had no problem giving it up. Indeed the results of giving up ie having less problems urinating and particularly no more backpain, no moresedation in the morning and needing 7 hours rather than 9 hours sleep.