by varian 4 Replies latest jw friends
anyone suffering from depressions take medics? if so, what can you recommend? i heard about prozac being the most popular, but i also heard that it can make you impotent.
also i am very curious what cocain is like. not that i am considering buying it, but on the other hand i would like to know how it feels like.
Prozac is an older med.
The newer drugs are more selective in their activity. This makes them superior.
I used to take Zoloft, and also Cymbalta.
By the way, neither of these drugs made me impotent. Quite the opposite. Yet the interesting sexual side effect it that I could keep it up for a very long time without "scattering the confetti" that accompanies the end of the party.
I have never tried cocaine. I have no intention to. This is, of course, your choice. But other than alcohol and tobacco, I eschew anything that has a reputation for creating addiction...and cocaine does.
This is a good site to gather information:
BTS
thank you bts
zoloft? i slightly remember someone saying that he felt like puking his guts up. did you also feel sicky?
No. I had tried a few others. Zoloft worked great. Your brain chemistry, however, is different from mine. You might do better with one SSRI than with another. However, I hope you aren't buying it off the street. Do see a doctor. JWism can give anyone a depression. My last 4 years in were just hell.
BTS
There are many different medications that are used to treat depression.
The newer medications like Pristiq incorporate SNRI (serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) to target two specific neurotransmitters: serotonin and norepinephrine. Older antidepressants like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor and Luvox are SSRI - they only target serotonin receptors.
You have to decide with your doctor which medication is right for you, and you may have to try several different medications before you find the right one for you.
If you are taking things like cocaine, alcohol, marijuana or other street drugs, you need to let your doctor know, because they affect your brain chemistry too, and medications may not be (and most likely are not) appropriate to combine with those other drugs.
