I realize this isn’t serious but holy shit Prozac might have saved my life. Well, technically Prizma which is the same stuff. I went through so many unsuccessful depression treatments, Prizma is the only one that seems to be sticking. Sometimes the old stuff is just the best.
Worth noting that all treatments were in conjunction with psychotherapy, I don’t think pills alone would have helped. And I also tried going without medication at all for a while, it wasn’t good either. Prizma really is the only thing that works for me.
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
If you have depression anxiety and find that Prozac (an ssri) doesnt work well, you might consider something that directly works on dopamine - like Buproprion (brand name = wellbutrin, a NDRI, norepinephrine dopamine reuptake inhibitor).
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I was a bit of not interested and not educated enough to know what a NDRI was while I was on it but it does make sense for ADHD and Depression symptoms.
The withdrawal from Wellbutrin was bad. I got brain zaps if I was 1hr late taking it; tapering and cessation was miserable.
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I have gone off a few times over the years and didn’t experience many side effects/withdrawals, but that is definitely not always the case - I’ve heard that it reeeaaally does not work for some people. Ymmv
entwine413@lemm.ee 2 months ago
SNRIs are also an option, but they can be worse to get off of than heroin.
PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I was on Effexor XR Max Dose, and one day when I realized that it had effectively killed all feelings I stopped cold turkey, zero side effects. My doctor thinks I have a very high drug tolerance, to the point that anything I’m put on nowadays is just started at close to the max dose. I’m on a drug right now that is prescribed at a level that would normally result in death for most people, and he thinks I can go higher if I need to.
Downside is pain drugs don’t work, at all. He told me they’d need to give me IV pain meds if I really needed any pain suppression.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Wellbutrin and lexapro did it for me. Thank god
FiddlersViridian@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This is obviously anecdotal, but fuck Wellbutrin. It didn’t help, and it triggered tinnitus, which didn’t go away after I stopped taking it. Still happening 2 years later. I’m one of the lucky 3-6% Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 2 months ago
I’m sorry you experienced that. Personally I love Wellbutrin.
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Sorry that happened. I get relatively minor tinnitus, but these exercises have helped. Dude’s a chiropractor, but this particular stuff is not chiropractic and is legit. The thing that helps me is the palms on ears and drumming with fingers on the back of your head (like 50% through the video or so)
FiddlersViridian@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Thank you, I’ll give this a shot! I’ve tried the one you suggested in the past and unfortunately it didn’t help much, but I’ve seen it recommended often enough that I believe it’s legit. Some of the others in this video are new to me and I’ll definitely be trying them out.
It goes up and down (louder and quieter?) for me, and it’s especially strong lately so I’m a little extra salty about it right now. 🫠