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spookyuser commented on Most people on antidepressants don’t need them economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus
I feel challenged, but capable. My body has been anxious, but I have been able to deal with daily life quite effectively.
Awesome, congrats! I don't really have an offramp planned rn but will probably start thinking about one at some point.
I feel like iMessage is also being weird
spookyuser commented on Most people on antidepressants don’t need them economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus
Me too! I used to be anxious about everything going on in my life. When I started Lexapro and it finally started working, I realized, "Wow, is that what normalcy feels like?" It's been a lifesaver.
So glad to hear that ♥ it's such a strange feeling that is really hard to describe
spookyuser commented on Most people on antidepressants don’t need them economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus
Adding to the anecdata, on the other hand, when I took it, I just felt the same :(.
Sorry to hear that :(
spookyuser commented on Most people on antidepressants don’t need them economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus
That's exactly what happened to me. I began to take it when the pandemic hit and latter decided to stop. But it was transformative in the sense that it made me aware of how handicapping my anxiety was. My doctor didn't want me to stop tho. I clearly match the criteria to stop (stable for an year), while he still recommended that I continued. He didn't veto my stopping either, but it was my decision.
SO glad to hear that ♥ how do you feel now that you're off it
spookyuser commented on Most people on antidepressants don’t need them economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus
Just another +1. Also for me the "activation dose" was 15mg, and I spent almost a year taking 10mg a day thinking it didn't work, before moving to 15mg and my life changed.
For anyone else with anxiety issues, silexan[0] and l-theanine[1] are cheap and worth a look-in
0: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/lavenders-game-silexan... 1: https://examine.com/supplements/theanine/
wow yeah I also had a very specific activation dose which was 20mg, although I definitely did feel better on the lower doses too, but something definitely happened after 20mg where things felt black and white different
spookyuser commented on Most people on antidepressants don’t need them economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus
Same here! I was like “wow, this is what it’s like to not be so cynical and defensive and anxious all the time!”
I lived like that for 15 years :(
so happy for you ♥ and yeah such a weird feeling, reading this thread it seems like a real problem and i'm not exactly sure what the solution is, but I think unless other people are noticing that you are extremely anxious and are specifically recommending you see a doctor, I'm not sure it's possible to notice yourself unless you are in the habit of taking dsm tests for fun, and even then I'm not sure that would work b/c some of the questions are "how often do you get anxious" which presumes you know what the feeling of anxiety is vs the feeling of "not-anxiety"
spookyuser commented on Most people on antidepressants don’t need them economist.com/leaders/202... · Posted by u/pseudolus
I can tell this thread is going to be a nightmare but whatever I really want to share my experience in case there are people similar to me that need to hear this: I cannot emphasise enough how much Escitalopram (lexapro) has helped me with issues I didn't even know I had until I started taking it. At which point I realised I was living in a constant state of anxiety up to that point, and I probably should have been on it a long time ago, but I never ever thought I reached the criteria for being "medicated" so fwiw I think it's also possible to underrate your own feelings and think you don't need them when you do.
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This is so stupid I can’t believe how this community has become toward some of the most inspiring new technology I’ve seen in a decade.