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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9710293 times)

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72165 on: March 29, 2014, 11:08:48 pm »

Pills are mostly there to curtail the worst of it. They're not "happy" pills that make everything bright and sunny.

Also my doctor said to me many times that I might not even notice the effects. Instead, those around me would notice any positive changes.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72166 on: March 29, 2014, 11:10:17 pm »

If they're medicating you for it they more than suspect it.
That's a fair point.
Don't worry, the pills will help, but you probably won't notice that. That's just how they work.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72167 on: March 29, 2014, 11:11:26 pm »

Well, yesterday, I could clearly feel the effects, good and bad, of the medicine.
But today it was far more subtle.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72168 on: March 29, 2014, 11:19:58 pm »

Well, yesterday, I could clearly feel the effects, good and bad, of the medicine.
But today it was far more subtle.
That's how all the drugs feel - even heroin, eventually. Your brain's used to the effects, so you don't feel them as anything special, but they are there. Just ask those around you.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72169 on: March 29, 2014, 11:26:35 pm »

What about the physical side-effects?
I mean, I was visibly shivering like I was cold yesterday, and I didn't have that today.
Or how I kept holding my eyes open really wide without realizing it, and today I could tell that I've been keeping them about half-open like I normally do.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72170 on: March 30, 2014, 12:02:33 am »

Your brain has just gotten used to the effect of the drugs and can function normally with them in your system, while before it was going slightly haywire and making you feel cold or hold your eyes open. It does that with everything, really, that's why you develop tolerance to things like cocaine.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72171 on: March 30, 2014, 12:10:56 am »

Your brain has just gotten used to the effect of the drugs and can function normally with them in your system, while before it was going slightly haywire and making you feel cold or hold your eyes open. It does that with everything, really, that's why you develop tolerance to things like cocaine.
Yeah, I guess that's something to be happy about, when you think about it.
While we're on this subject, I guess I'll post this, I wrote this yesterday and didn't really feel comfortable with posting it here at the time, but I want advice on it.
((Keep in mind that I did write this yesterday, so none of this is towards what anyone has said to me. It's about RL.))

The thing is, when I try to talk to some people about my depression, they usually just say things along the lines of "It's just in your head" and stuff like that.
Well, I tried talking to them about the side effects of the new medicine that I'm taking, and they pretty much acted the exact same way.
They told me that I wasn't going to be feeling side-effects on the first day I take it, and that I'm making a deal out of nothing.
So I told them that when I took a pain medicine a while ago that made me feel really apathetic (enough that the doctor took me off of it) that was just on the first time I took it, I hadn't taken it any time before then.
Well, they replied that that medicine was a pain medicine, and that it's designed to act really fast, while this is an anti-depressant. It's designed to be built up over time, not take effect instantly, so any side-effects I'm feeling must be me over reacting to nothing.
And it's like this with pretty much everything, like people don't want me to feel emotions, or have opinions, or just generally be human. It's like they want me to just be this automaton that acts mindlessly and without individuality. And I've been there before, back when I was a kid, I just shut down all of my emotions, kept everything inside, and just followed orders because I figured that resisting was pointless.
I don't want to go back to that.
I just...

The way people act towards me, it's like they view me as a burden. And anything I do to even distinguish myself as existing is just a hindrance to them. And I do so much for these people, I drive them around because they don't have a car. I take them to the hospital in the middle of the night with no warning, and carry their groceries and everything. It's like they view me like some kind of unpaid taxi driver and servant. Or at least that's how it feels like.

And it feels like I'm betraying them just be saying this, by saying how I feel about it.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72172 on: March 30, 2014, 12:18:00 am »

Yeah... I went through a phase like that...

Thing is, despite how you may be treated, you are a person, your needs matter, and if that's something that's a problem for them, sucks to be them.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72173 on: March 30, 2014, 12:21:03 am »

I take anti-depressants for OCD reasons and it kicked in about a week, when they said it would take 2 too a whole month. It isn't unreasonable to assume that it could quickly take effect on some people. Medicines just work differently for different people.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72174 on: March 30, 2014, 12:27:30 am »

Last night the car broke down on my brother and his girlfriend (its their car, not the family vehicle) and they had to leave it overnight. Tribal police had it hauled off when we showed up to work on it and I had to pay some cranky fucking tow truck driver over a hundred dollars to get it out for them, then buy the parts to fix it for them. Not even a thank-you or a promise to return the favor, and now I can't get that laptop I intended to buy.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72175 on: March 30, 2014, 01:23:18 am »

Today was a disappointment.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72176 on: March 30, 2014, 07:40:59 am »

IME the side-effects of antidepressants kick in quickly, while the antidepressant effect takes longer to become noticeable. But the side-effects also get weaker the longer you take the stuff. I was on mirtazapine, which is an anihistamine as well as an antidepressant, which means it makes you tired as hell. The  first day I slept the whole afternoon; later on it got better. (I still lost almost a complete semester to that drug, but that's another issue...)
Also, it's perfectly normal to have to go through 3-4 different antidepressants before fnding one that works. Just tell your doctor everything you experience, especially whether the medication is working after that initial period of time.

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« Reply #72177 on: March 30, 2014, 09:41:30 am »

What about the physical side-effects?
I mean, I was visibly shivering like I was cold yesterday, and I didn't have that today.
Or how I kept holding my eyes open really wide without realizing it, and today I could tell that I've been keeping them about half-open like I normally do.
Back when I was taking medication I would have frequent headaches during the first weeks. Usually it takes a while for your body to adjust to it.
Of course it might just be a placebo effect with you looking for changes (positive or negative) that you want to attribute to your medication.

Though if it's something unusual and persisting I'd contact your doctor about it.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72178 on: March 30, 2014, 10:47:44 am »

Oheythere MindMaker. Long time no see indeed!

It really is strange how all the oldies are suddenly coming back at the same time.
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« Reply #72179 on: March 30, 2014, 11:18:10 am »

Oheythere MindMaker. Long time no see indeed!
Hello there, it's nice to be remembered.
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