can the anti-depressants Seroxat can copletely eradicate the ability to feel emotion?
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Yes. Absolutely.\nAll "anti depressants" suppress negative emotions.\nThey do not get rid of them or help in anyway to discharge them.\nThis is why it is so difficult to come off them. When you "stop " taking them the "suppress" comes off , and all the negative emotions turn right back on again as tho' the painful experiences had just happened.\nThey also suppress positive emotion in the same way, hence the general apathy.\nThese drugs are not a solution to upset or depression, however once on them, you must not "suddenly" stop taking them, for the withdrawal period can be disasterous.\n\nSuggest if the person wants to come off this medication, they find a suitable medical Dr who is willing to very gradually withdraw the person by gradiently reducing the dose, and monitoring the individual.\n\nAlso recommend nutritional supplements to assist in this withdrawal.
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Zoloflot,Lexapro,Paxil,ProZac,Wellbutrin,Effexor, Elavil,Imipramine,Desipramine,Nortriotilyne,Serezone,Sinequan, Lithium, Cymbalta
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There are natural herbal supplements out ther that will help with mood stings and emotions. Vitex is the best one that I know of. I use it!
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Best thing you can do man. I read abit about that before its amazing the results they had.  Doesnt take years like psycho-therapy and you dont have to deal with malicious anti-depresents in you bloodstream. Best thing you can do, highly recomended.
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No, antidepressants aren't something to tango with.\n\nWhile you feel that you can just stop taking them, talk to your doctor. You need to let your psychologist prescribe lesser amounts. \n\nLike with any medication given to you, especially long-term medicines, you need to talk to your doctor before quitting. The withdrawal from an antidepressant could be worse than you imagined. \n \nMake an appointment for next week.
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I'm not sure if taking anti-depressants "decrease" the lenght of life, however I DO know this.........if I wasn't taking them, my life expectancy would already be over, due to suicide.
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Heather, I'm sorry you're not feeling well and I'll try to give you the best advice I can, based on what you've told me.\n\nFirst, you should expect that every psychotropic medication you read about will come with side effects.  Most if not all side effects usually occur within the first two weeks and are completely manageable.  There are cases where some people will experience more severe side effects than most, but these cases are extremely rare and unlikely to happen.\n\nIt's natural to feel this way towards any type of psychotropic med, as this is unknown territory for most people and people naturally fear what they don't know.  You're Dr will be well aware of the proper titration for the medication and bring you on so you don't experience harsh side effects.\n\nFrom what you described, you discussed having mood swings.  My question from there would be, have you had a diagnosis for a certain type of mood disorder?  If the answer is yes, then Amitriptyline is going to make you worse.  \n\nAmatriptyline is part of the Tricyclic Antidepressants group and used to treat extremely low levels of depression.  For patients that have mood disorders, this is one of the worst medications you can take and will further exacerbate mania and cycling.\n\nZoloft (sertraline) is part of the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) group of antidepressants.  Again, this is a class of medication that doesn't work for those with mood disorders and will actually make your depression worse.  Zoloft happens to be the worst for mood disorders of the SSRI meds.\n\nI have no idea what you've been diagnosed for, but from what you're discussing, you are experiencing some sort of mood disorder, such as bipolar, cylcothymia or BPD, etc.  If I'm correct, it's possible that you've been misdiagnosed, where it's common for most mood disorders to be misdiagnosed as some sort of depression disorder.  If that is the case, you're either not giving your Dr all the details of how you're feeling or he/she is not experienced in treating mood disorders and you'll have to find someone else.\n\nI hope that this helps and that you get better soon.
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The anti depressant Wellbutrin.  I know someone who it was prescribed to for quitting smoking, but it made them too emotional so they had to quit taken it.
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I was on Zoloft for afew years. I remeber clearly at the beginning feeling nauseated. Its nothing to worry about, just your body adapting to the sertraline passing through your stomach lining. Good to take it with food. I personally reccomend having some peppermints or peppermint tea around. Its a natural calmative for the digestive system.\n\nJust remember, medication is just a bandaid unless you have an actual imbalance. Make sure you get good work with a psychiatrist/therapist. Best of luck, hope your feeling better soon =)
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These are questions only your Dr. can answer properly, however, if I were in your shoes, I would do some research on the different meds available for what you're experiencing.\n\nThere are mainly 3 neurotransmitters involved in treating depression, where one of the three needs to be regulated about 80% of the time to fix you.  They are neuropinephrine, dopamine and serotonin.  Effexor is a multiple reuptake inhibitor, which effects the reuptake of two neurotransmitters, namely dopamine and neuropinephrine.  At this point, if it's not making you feel better after 10 months 1) You're not targeting the right neurotransmitter (you may need to switch to a serotonin reuptake inhibitor like lexepro) or 2) The reuptake in Effexor is not working for you, which is not uncommon and you may need to switch to another MRI like Cymbalta or Wellbutrin.  \n\nThe constant fatigue is a normal side effect for Effexor, however, you should get past it in 2 weeks to a month.  If it's come back 10 months into taking it, chances are it stopped working.  Again, this is common for reuptake inhibitors.\n\nFrom what I've researched, Effexor is the hardest antidpressant to get off of.  75mg is a very small dosage, where you can take up to 375mg/day.  It may be a good idea to quit now and try something else.  The discontinuation dosage is 35mg per week; so if you increase the dosage and it still doesn't work, it will take you longer to get off of it.  However, you may need a stronger dose, based on what you discussed, but that is for you and your Dr. to decide.\n\nThese are just all theories, based on some research I've done on antidepressants - I always research drugs before I take them, based on my diagnosis.  At this point,  you haven't described your diagnosis, aside from depression and anxiety.  In most cases a simple SSRI combined with a theraputic does of a benzodiazepine (Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin) usually do the trick.  If you have Unipolar/Bipolar, schitzoafective, BPD, it's a whole nother ball game.\n\nI hope this helps and good luck.
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SSRIs such as Prozac balance out the serontin level in your brain. For a person with (genetic) depression, the chemicals in the brain are inbalanced so as to cause feelings of depression. Antidepressents regulate these chemicals to as to levels that allow a person to cope and function without depression. \n Some people may only have to go on antidepressents for a short time; however, others stay on antidepressents for their whole life so as to regulate the chemicals in their brain to prevent the depression from coming back.\n So, the depression might come back or it might not. Either way, see a therapist during this time. If it comes back, you'll need to get back on meds right away; if it doesn't, you might still need to see a psychotherapist for a little while.
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People cry when they are depressed. The serotin level in the brain becomes low which causes depression. There are many medications which increase serotin level in the brain.\n\nA chemical in chocolate also stimulates serotin levels in the brain.
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Paxil worked well for me.  No side effects and it normalized my mood, sleep and appetite.  Zoloft made me agitated and anxious and gave me diarrhea.
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Consult with your prescribing doctor on this feeling that you are having.  Like all anti-depressants, it should be lowered slowly for your body to adjust to not using it.
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I have tried alot of the anti-depressant medicines, and all had bad side effects. My seritonin levels are already high, so I learned that positive thinking in everyday and every situation was my cure. Helping other people with their problems is also very uplifting. Physically tell yourself everyday that you are somebody. We all go through depression at some point in our life, just remember that you can handle anything, and most importantly that life always goes on. Tommorrow will be a better day, and the day after that one even better. Best of luck to you and your health.I find this website very uplifting everyday, hope it works for U as well.
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Nothing to do with depression and homeopathy..Unfortunately.,if you suffer from OCD( Obssesive Compulssive Disoreder) you need to be patient and the best working SSRI antidepressants in those cases is Venflaxin..Prozak don't give satisfying results on OCD..Also of help is the Cognitive and Group Therapy..Wish you luck!!
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Combination of an anti-depressant medication, and individual/group therapy.