ZombieKitten said:

do they have many Latish restaurants in your country?

BlackAdder7 said:

a late restaurant?

Anti-depressant meds suck! They make you feel weird and they make you fat, which will throw you even deeper into a depression when none of your clothes fit.

BlackAdder7 said:

Latish cuisine is delicious

kitbradley said:

From my understanding many of them actually make you lose weight, especially if you cut out alcohol in your life habits. I don't know about many of them but I did see Wellbutrin become a rather faddish anti-depressant/diet aid in 1990's fashion circles specifically for this reason. I've nevr tried an anti-depressant though...I was always intimidated by the "not being in charge of my own emotions" factor involved with feeling disoriented or under the influence.I can barely handle Nyquil

Ottensen said:

my friend blew up, she'd always been skinny before meds, she couldn't sleep at night, ugh awful

ZombieKitten said:

Goodness! I really am terrified of pills and such . I'm very intimidated that many of them alter the body as well as the mind. I don't have a problem with taking meds for say,infections and so on. But even the disoriented feelings you can get from those made me such a scardy cat against mood meds, if I was ever diagnosed with anxiety I think I would definitely struggle with taking them. I'm at the point where I don't even like to take nighttime cold medication. That feeling when I wake up the next day disoriented is very unsettling. .

Ottensen said:

I was just thinking on that earlier, for a time I had a really itchy throat at night, from some allergy, and the doc prescribed phenurgan, and it made me sleep in so long and then I was groggy for hours and it's just an anti-histamine!
The night tablets for colds and flu have a sedative to counteract the pseudoephedrine, except the effect of each last for different times, so we invariably wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep. These are the chemists own brand here, which I'm sure will be phased out, they are too strong.

Ottensen said:

agreed, i don't even take an asprin if im sick, but with all those thoughts in my head i feel i have 2 till i find out the cause of it.

missmad said:

so have you been referred to a specialist?

ZombieKitten said:

a psychologist who specializes in anxiety yea.

missmad said:

I didn't read all pages Miss...but I hope the person you're seeing is gonna be helpful...I agree with kidbratley anti-depressant meds suck! They make you feel numb..

Good luck

Ottensen said:

I have heard some cases where the patient lost weight. However, in the overwhelming majority of cases, anti-depressants generally cause weight gain. There are actually several diets geared towards those who have gained weight due to these meds.
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My anxiety is back, I'm going for therapy soon. I had a panic attack and lots of stomach churning moments for weeks

The way I got over it: I was fortunate enough to go to top notch group therapy. Having people to share with who knew exactly how I was feeling was a Godsend.

Ate well, slept well, dressed well, basically took care of myself.

Got involved in some voluntary work and explored new hobbies.

Confronted my parents with things that had happened during childhood.

Got involved with others and helped them with their problems.

And I took meds, but I know people who have got through it without medication. Therapy and exercise can be equally effective as meds.

JerseyKRS said:

yeah true dat butt sometimnes it just make me kinda likke paranoid so i feel evn more anxiety .guess it all depence on how ya feel before yu smoke it what do you do against the paranoia ?
sometimes a bit of rum is good, too.getinng some sunshine also works sometime


the aftermath of a weed high is kinda likke comparible to strong cough meds though

I can't cope. Tuesday I cried uncontrollably and didn't want to go to work cause I was anxious about a meeting, but it turned out okay. My mom was so worried and told me to quit if it's making me this sick, and she's not the kind of person to tell me to walk away from anything. My friend told me a few days later when I was calm that she was so worried when we spoke, she thought I was going to have a heart attack or collapse when we were talking