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Chari

703d

I suffer from severe depression and anxiety, but I have tried several SSRI's and they made my symptoms far worse even 3-4 weeks later. What have you done or tried aside from SSRI medications that have helped?

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    • Chie

      703d

      Abilify and rameron together at night time helped me.

    • DrowningQueen21

      703d

      I've been doing good on abilify

    • oceanSnow

      703d

      ive struggled with severe depression and anxiety and ive also tried almost every ssri with no luck. going along with what Caesar said, i tried Wellbutrin a year or so ago and it was the only medication i've been prescribed that actually seemed to help!! for other reasons i stopped taking it, but i probably shouldnt have. I'm currently self medicating with adderall (as in not prescribed) and its had the best anti-depressant effects on me, more than actual antidepressants. i feel like i can actually function! i dont go home and lay on the floor for hours, i actually have energy after work because it lasts all day. it also practically cures my lack of motivation and my social anxiety as well. im a very shy and reserved person and usually when i try to talk to people, i completely blank out and cant talk. if i take the adderall i can have a normal human conversationšŸ™Œ the only thing is like i said i do not have a RX for it and you can easily build a tolerance, so i don't take it every day. sometimes i will still feel the effects of it the next day though! I have found that "uppers" work best for my depression, maybe that's something you could also look into!ā¤ļø

      • Chari

        703d

        @oceanSnow I haven't tried Adderall before, and I do also have ADHD so it's possible this might help! Thank you so much for the long answer šŸ’•

    • Chie

      703d

      Abilify and rameron together at night time helped me.

    • CaesarZeppli

      703d

      HOLY CRAP I TOOK ONE OF THOSE AND MY SUICIDAL THOUGHTS INCREASED SO BAD WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF TAKING IT!! my doctor switched me to a whole different medication, bupropion (specifically Wellbutrin for me!) and it helped so much! without medication i would have a suicidal thought on average every 17 hours but with Wellbutrin i donā€™t have any at all. with the SSRI medication i had suicidal thoughts every 2 hours on average. totally recommend switching!

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