People on anti depressents in the uk ?

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scorza said:
Well one thing's for sure, giving them a slap and telling them to "pull themselves together" isn't going to cure the problem in the short or long term. What exactly is your solution for dealing with mental health issues in this country?
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Well it's certainly NOT throwing drugs at people to make them go away that is the solution! Treating the symptoms is not the same as treating the causation.
Drugs themselves can have side effects too which can compound the problems of the sufferers.
I have never suffered depression and have always got on with life no matter what it has thrown at me but I do appreciate that for some people, it can be very different.
Some people have had harrowing childhoods that even the strongest of us couldn't imagine or cope with, without it seriously affecting them in later life, so it's not just present circumstances which cause depression.

Of course there are those who use any excuse for their failings in life but when depression gets to the point where the sufferer wants to end their lives, there is something seriously wrong and they need help other than just drugs.
 
Morbius said:
I'm a manic depressive. No shame in admitting that. I'm on antidepressants because the downward bits are intolerable without them. Dehabilitatingly so.

The meds mean that I can hold down a full time job and pay tax.
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Hats off to you m8, I know how you feel, and when things are good you think why can't it be like this more offten. Then just when you least expect it bam back down you go.
 
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I can't think of any situation where I would become depressed to be honest. I suppose my rather pragmatic way of getting on with life helps.
 
Antidepressants are used to a variety of things. I got put on them for being anxious and over thinking things. I wasn't depressed in the slightest. Just put too much pressure on myself. I was on for 6 months came off and now I can see when I'm getting OTT and just stop.
 
OldCoals said:
I can't think of any situation where I would become depressed to be honest. I suppose my rather pragmatic way of getting on with life helps.
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I thought the same as you, though intractable pain and the resultant insomnia would drive most into depression. Its one of those things which you have to happen to you before you can understand. It just depends how much you can deal with before it 'pushes you over the edge' so to speek.

Atleast the drugs now are much safer with less severe side effects than the treatments used even 20-30 years ago. Society has come along way since then but people still seem to misunderstand 'clinical depression' and sadness.
 
I was on anti depressants for 12 months and came off them in feb 11. Without them I couldn't sleep for thinking grim thoughts, couldn't concentrate, felt like crying all day, didn't want to leave the house.

Went docs after a lot of persuading and he put me on them. I also made a effort to get out more, cut the booze down, eat better and try to spend time with friends more. These all together made me feel better, but i'd still have a breakdown into tears every week, worst one was watching independance day, still don't know what triggered it. I spent 3 months on taking less and less pills. And now I don't take any, I wouldn't say i'm 100% right but I know how things are in my head now, and how to control them more.

I don't think antidepressants are the be all and end all, the person has to want to help themselves as well. I went out with a manic depressive for months and she didn't want to help herself, she didn't want to leave the house and after a week of that she was really low.
 
MarcLister said:
Well I would tell you but it is just such a depressing state of affairs I might have to kill myself before I finish explaining. Either that or go on depressants myself! :D
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2 1/2 years ago i would have called you a troll....

but now I got my sense of humour back that is acutally quite funny :D
 
publicwhobreach said:
Antidepressants are used to a variety of things. I got put on them for being anxious and over thinking things. I wasn't depressed in the slightest. Just put too much pressure on myself. I was on for 6 months came off and now I can see when I'm getting OTT and just stop.
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Thats exactly what im going through now, anxiety is my issue and its unusual for me as im normally so chilled out nothing bothers me but the past 3 weeks ive been worrying about anything and everything for no reason, and over thinking things to the point where I cannot sleep at all.
 
~~#M-Bizzle#~~ said:
People do need a kick up the backside.

This is what is wrong with people these days.

They expect to sit on their arses, feeling sorry for themselves, and expect the doctors and the taxpayer to pay for pills to magically turn their life around.
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You're a ****.

I've been on them for 2 years and I work 5 days a week and I spend my time having fun.

You're stereotyping everyone, just like every other stuck up ***** who thinks their life is oh so perfecto.

Just like MadMossy, i'm on then for anxiety problems.
 
lttlejoe said:
The total NHS drugs bill is around £8.4 billion so drugs aren't exactly cheap!.
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What's that got to do with anything? I've already pointed out that AD's are practically self funding - go moan at cancer patients who suck the most money and you'll realise where that £8.4 billion is actually spent.
Yes a talking cure would be great, but nobody is going to fund that expense for everyone affected.

You've never had depression so why do you think you know more than health care professionals?
 
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MadMossy said:
Thats exactly what im going through now, anxiety is my issue and its unusual for me as im normally so chilled out nothing bothers me but the past 3 weeks ive been worrying about anything and everything for no reason, and over thinking things to the point where I cannot sleep at all.
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I don't know if you'll find this helpfull or not but i read (or rather listened) to a couple of good books which i found very helpful with anxiety. one was Stress-Related Illness, Dr Tim Cantopher and the other, The Worry cure: seven steps to stop worry from stopping you, Robert, L. Leahy.

Their both fairly generic but can be applied to any kind of anxiety. Definately worth a look.
 
I miss my anti-depressants sometimes.

Not because they made me any happier, but because I didn't care so much that I wasn't happy.
 
Pancakes said:
I can't imagine doctors would wrongly prescribe antidepressants in most cases.
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In my experience you can go to your GP and say "I'm depressed" and you'll walk out in five minutes with a low dose prozac prescription. Even more so if you're a student in exam term, they dish them out like sweets. I know two close friends who have not been clinically depressed yet have done the above, even the doctors have told them so. A GP I know admits this is common practice just to make people man up and deal with life properly whilst on what is almost a placebo level of drugs.

Another friend who was truly depressed was on proper doses and it had an astonishing effect, he was on them for about two years IIRC, and although he felt numb he wasn't locked in his room as was almost himself.
 
My girlfriend is on anti-depressants to help with her anger issues; for whatever reason they definitely help as she is no where near as angry, stressed or likely to get hysterically upset anymore.

Slight concern is that she may rely on them now.
 
Bloodshot said:
My girlfriend is on anti-depressants to help with her anger issues; for whatever reason they definitely help as she is no where near as angry, stressed or likely to get hysterically upset anymore.

Slight concern is that she may rely on them now.
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Is she having anger management counselling?
 
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