I have been on two diff. meds.
My psych said I have a bit of a chemical imbalance, but I function okay without meds unless their are stress factors involved.
The first time I went on them I was a jr in HS and one of my best guy friends had just committed suicide and right after that another friend died in a car wreck. I just went to my family doctor and he put me on a high dose of Zoloft. It was awful. It made me less depressed but I couldn't concentrate on anything and my school work suffered so I took myself off of them after about 4 months.
Then sophomore yr of college my mom had cancer and had only a 25% chance of surviving (my dad was already dead, so I would have essentially been left with noone), my first bf broke up with me so I had guy issues, and on top of that horrible I also had roommates from hell. I started going to the psychiatrist and he put me on the biggest dose of Lexapro. It made me VERY happy, but at the same time I didn't give a crap about anything. I would skip class to go lay out in the sun and play with the dogs, do volunteer work, and all kind of other stuff. While I was on it, it was really hard to think about the consequnces of my actions. It also gave me insomnia horribly bad. Once mom had her surgery and survived, I ended up weaning myself off them. B/c of the antidepressants my whole sophomore year of college was a complete waste. I only passed 3 classes, b/c I never went.
Everyone is so different in how they react to meds, so what could work for one person, may not work for everyone else. |