Anoxim

Im on SSRIs and I had a very vivid dream that I slammed a 10 inch knife up under my jaw and into my brain, successfully committing suicide. As I lay there dead/motionless in my dream a naked woman entered the room I was in. Took off my pants and rode my dead cock. This dream was so vivid and real that when I woke up I was confused, horny and extremely conflicted. But hey, no depression is good right? ... right?

NZ_MPS

Well if you're dead you're no longer depressed, so the medication works.

What's your problem?

RedLeader

Anti-depressants don't work. It's eugenics.

Anoxim

They seem to be working fine for me. I can smile again which is nice. But the dreams are super fucked up.

RedLeader

Give me 48 hours to quiz you about your life and make recommendations, and you'll never need those meds again.

klongtoey

unfortunately that's not how it works.

Anoxim

The way I understand it, I do not produce serotonin at normal levels. Similar to how type 1 diabetes is caused by little to no insulin production my depression and other problems are due to the fact that very little serotonin is being produced. SSRI's allow me to use what little serotonin I do produce, more than once. So far its been fantastic aside from the screwy dreams but I've also stopped drinking constantly and self medicating in other ways, so that probably helps immensely.

sinjinsmythe

Drugs may be bad, m'kay?

Spark_Plugg

I thought this was just common knowledge at this point

flarflar

Tell that to my wife who wants to go on these drugs cause she feels meh all the time. I told her to go through the process to get them she just might need to talk to someone and they are not always the answer she thinks it is I've shown her studies of how we don't even know if they work right.

ABACABB

It's a hard position to be in but if she wants to take it cause she feels "meh" all the time that's basically what the drug does is makes you feel "meh" all the time so the brain adjusts to feeling meh all the time so the real "meh" parts don't really affect you much anymore in turn boosting mood. Good old strenuous exercise is my go to anti depressant! Good luck man

KazKoz

Tell her to smoke some weed instead. It will help her with her meh and won't kill her like anti depressants do to people.

teatime

She might want to try St. John's Wart. It's available in most grocery stores and it's been used for depression for years. Of course, it will fuck with hormones so if she's on hormonal birth control she might not want to take it. I have a good friend who takes it when she's depressed (not all the time) and said it's helped her a lot.

sinjinsmythe

Tell her to go do yoga everyday. Yoga cures meh.

scvoon

Hey, that's what my friend did.

Spark_Plugg

Sorry to hear that buddy, Best of luck with getting her help.

flarflar

That's the thing is she's dragging her feet I'm not going to make her get help if she doesn't want to.

Spark_Plugg

sometimes you just have to get out of your own head. If you think of something I could help with, let me know. I would be happy to do what I can. Personally, gardening works wonders for me. and weed.

OcculusResurrectio

Suicide seems depressing...