What happens if you take antidepressants when you're not depressed?!


Question: I was just wondering. Would it make you feel happier than you are or would it have no affect?


Answers: I was just wondering. Would it make you feel happier than you are or would it have no affect?

DO NOT TAKE THESE UNLESS YOU ARE DEPRESSED! They mess with the chemicals in your brain. I've been taking lexapro for about eight months, and I'm addicted. Your brain gets used to the medicine that you have to take it everyday. And if you try to go off of it alone, you become severely depressed. This is when people attempt suicide. If I miss one pill for one day, I see double, I get severely depressed, I get nauseous, it's just a mess. Meds like these need constant supervision by a doctor.

If you think you are depressed, talk to someone like a school guidance counselor or a therapist. Trust them, they're sworn to confidentiality. Try to talk to a therapist. They really do help. And if they think that you are depressed, they'll put you on meds with all the help you need.

no...i would not recommend it unless you have some other condition like anxiety or OCD...these meds can help those all well. but the antidepressants really mess with your brain chemicals and i do not recommend taking them if they are not needed.

It could really mess you up. Don't take unless prescribed by doctor. Your Neural inhibitors could stop working correctly.

When I took anti depressants they didnt make me feel happy. They didnt make me feel anything so I no longer felt depressed so if you take them when you feel happy you will probably no longer feel happy cos they take away the ability to feel emotions like that.

Plus you risk the side effects you dont need to put yourself at risk of.

Amber is right... always treat with caution

You gain a bunch of weight and aren't any happier.

Hello,

(ANS) The REAL ANSWER is they wont have ANY positive effect what so ever, as its now recently been proven from research that anti depressants DONT work.

**Any positive benefit derived from such drugs are purely due to the placebo effect. i.e. if you think they will work they probably will?

**You may find that such drugs have side effects and although you wont feel any happier you may feel the side effects instead such as tiredness etc.

**I DON'T recommend anti depressants full stop ever!! if your really depressed then seeing a counselor or psychotherapist is going have more benefit than any drugs.

Kind Regards Ivan

Take 5-HTP if anything

In the past, I suffered from depression. The doctors were always constantly tyring to prescribe anti-depressants, saying things like



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