O/T - Any supplements for Major Depression?

GeNeTiKFiGhTR · Jan 10, 2011

tri-terror said:
If you are so depressed you think it's actually chemical imbalance you need to see a doctor.
If you just have some bad shit going on in your life and you are having trouble coping, then fuck medicine. You need heavy metal, and heavy weights. Maybe bust out some Black Ops, or read a fucking book or something to take your mind off shit.
If it's because of a girl find one skinnier with bigger tits and bang the shit out of her.

Awesome post bro. Thanks for a good read!

dece870717 · Jan 10, 2011

Bump said:
i've battled a pretty severe anxiety problem for YEARS and been prescribed every medication under the sun. Some I tried, some I didn't. I have an entire draw full of 2-week sample packs of every anti-anxiety/depression medicine to come out in the last 2-3 years.
I found that ssri's (paxil, celexa etc) take away my drive. I feel like i'm castrated while i'm on them. Found it very hard to focus and/or train. I'd try a drug for two months (waste two months of my life being miserable!!) and then i'd go back and she would hand me another prescription and tell me "lets give this a couple month to see if it works!!! Fuck that approach. I want instant results. I don't want to piss away a year of my life trying the latest and greatest bs meds to find out that none of them did a fucking thing to help me and i'm right back where I started.
So I changed Dr's. My new Dr (a guy this time) looked over my medical record, history of the drugs i'd tried to treat this condition (all to no avail). He asked me about my social life, what I did for work, my childhood. Then he gave me a 4-page personality-profile type of document. I filled out answers to 50 questions and he went over them. He told me that he wanted me to try a different type of medicine and see me back in a week. I agreed. The new medicine was adderall. It worked great. Within two days I felt 90% better. I went back to the Dr. a week later and he diagnosed me with adhd (or add, same thing). This was about a year ago and since then I have remained between 10-20mgs/day and I feel a lot better than I used to.

Basically I had ADD and my previous dr had been misdiagnosing me with depression/anxiety for almost an entire year!!
Keep that in mind in case you fit that mold.

I have used adderall before but only temporarly for ADD. And I remember it always would get rid of all my symptoms of depression and severe social anxiety (which I actually have overcome). If theres a medication I have to take I'd want to be back on that. I'm actually going to try Now Mood Support and SAMe as it seems to help quite a few people and if that doesn't help i'll be off to the doc and getting my script of adderall...

By the way don't worry too much about me killing myself or something I do have a couple indestructible tethers in my life that would prevent me from ever even attempting to do that. But thanks for all the responses guys, I don't have any kind of emotional outlet of ANY kind and its been like that my whole life and it's nice to see people even care to listen and give in some input.

bambambigalo · Jan 10, 2011

smoke pot (if you can get some), fuck bitches, make it rain

dece870717 · Jan 10, 2011

bambambigalo said:
smoke pot (if you can get some), fuck bitches, make it rain

Adderall would make me productive, weed wouldn't.

bambambigalo · Jan 10, 2011

dece870717 said:
Adderall would make me productive, weed wouldn't.

Well damn man if you wanna be productive learn to play the guitar or somethin, just tryin to make you happy is all

shortyshort · Jan 10, 2011

i think weed is a terrible idea... that shit make you analyze everything when your heads screwed up...

try stripclub! whenever im down... i hit the stripclub and nothing makes me feel better than hotchix making me feel like a king for a buck or two.

purelifting · Jan 10, 2011

shortyshort said:
i think weed is a terrible idea... that shit make you analyze everything when your heads screwed up...

try stripclub! whenever im down... i hit the stripclub and nothing makes me feel better than hotchix making me feel like a king for a buck or two.

I would love to qoute this one day!

purelifting · Jan 10, 2011

bbminded said:
Also forgot to mention that i have been on prozac now for about close to 3 months. I feel that its helped some, however im probably gonna drop it and try to go natural to because of a certain side effect. That being that i cant get as full an erection as i used to, even when using viagra or cialis, or both together. Also not to mention that it takes about two hours to cum if your lucky. And im on 500mgs of testE also.

I am on paxil and I hardly ever had the urge to have sex.... would take so long to finish.... wouldnt be as hard.... You get the point. I may want to lean off soon, but I don't wanna be depressed.

bbminded · Jan 10, 2011

same here....but i think it can be done naturally. alot of times its just situational!

purelifting said:
I am on paxil and I hardly ever had the urge to have sex.... would take so long to finish.... wouldnt be as hard.... You get the point. I may want to lean off soon, but I don't wanna be depressed.

aussiebulldog · Jan 10, 2011

St John's wort helps me when I am stressed out.

Dado5 · Jan 10, 2011

I have been on 20mg paxyl a day for over 6y. A month ago dr. had to increase it to 40 mg due to my issues with breathing etc...(i had a post about it) 20 mg just didn't work anymore.
I tried dif doctors and psychiatrist and tried to get off the meds but they all said Anxiety and depression that's caused by chemical imbalance can not be cured, i will have to be on pills to live normal life. Talking to psychiatrist can help but can not fix imbalance.
Depression and anxiety is not a joke, it fu.... me up pretty good
I would say go talk to your doctor about it before it gets worse.

bbminded · Jan 18, 2011

Has anybody taking anti-depressants been checked or asked at all by there doctor about Sleep Apnea????
Its very common and will cause sever anxiety, depression, and a whole host of other things. Its pretty common among bodybuilders because of the added muscle on the chest and neck. And if you have used "enhancers" it can cause certain areas in your mouth and throat to enlarge and cause that blockage at night.
Adderalls are great, but they are hardcore drugs when you really break them down. and addicting. Pisses me off doctors keep switching one drug out for another to see if it works or adds another one to compliment it. Happened to me and now i cant get a full hard on from prozac so dr. added wellbutrin. Im gonna get off this shit soon. just been doing my research on what would be a good natural mix of supplements and then withdraw from the meds.

TNH · Jan 18, 2011

There is a post about depression on Dat's private forum.
I believe it is morepain's thread.

He advised getting your neurotransmitters tested.....
**broken link removed**

I will be doing this in a week or two, have had bad anxiety my whole life and sometimes minor depression.

concreter · Jan 18, 2011

ive seen that destinex releases dopimine and also increases libido, also my bp so i take in moderation when on.

IRON37 · Jan 18, 2011

Ive taken about 3-4 antidepressants over the last few years for depression and slight anxiety. I have to say through and through, they made me feel alot worse and did not help. It made me a zombie. Felt no real stimulation from anything good or bad. Slowly weened myself off in about a month and actually feel more like my old self now.

I would suggest finding a good psychologist. It is hard and painful at times to address the deep dark things of your life that have made you who you are. And even more difficult to try to bend them and see them for what they really are. But in the long run imo it is what would ultimately "change" you instead of temporary relief like medication.