[GinosMommy]

Originally Posted by SladesMommy

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.

Thats awesome about your Mom beating cancer!!!