Should I Take Antidepressants?

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02 May 2007, 7:58 pm

Thats good news.I am glad you found something.Does it make you more tired?It seems to put my sister to sleep but she is on a lot of other things,so....

ANyway,I am happy for you...it soooo sucks to feel depressed all the time.

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03 May 2007, 5:30 am

ahayes wrote:

The Trazodone seems to be working. (started to work after two days though which makes me nervouse because it is supposed to start working after a week)

Yeah, I'm happy for you.
BTW, see my post above about how I think we may metabolize meds differently and my own very quick response to meds.

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03 May 2007, 7:27 am

One strange side note is one of Trazodone main metabolites m-Chlorophenylpiperazine
is (mCPP) is considered to be MDMA (XTC) like by some users.

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mcpp/

http://www.drugpreventionevidence.info/web/mCPP322.asp

Though the serotonin re-uptake inhibiting effects of the parent compound Trazodone likely mostly suppresses the effects. In the same way a SSRI will greatly reduce the effects of MDMA. Though some users report (which I tend to doubt) that SSRI's have increased the potency of their MDMA.

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04 May 2007, 2:10 am

i think they might work but dont take prozac
i almost killed myself while on them
maybe i took a dose too high but i would stop anyone from taking them if i cud

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04 May 2007, 2:37 am

SuPaStAr wrote:

i think they might work but dont take prozac
i almost killed myself while on them
maybe i took a dose too high but i would stop anyone from taking them if i cud

People have mixed reactions to meds. Alot people including myself do fine on prozac.

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04 May 2007, 2:44 am

how much do u take
i was 14 and i was taking 40-60mg a day

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04 May 2007, 2:46 am

TheMachine1 wrote:

Anecdotally I can tell you that Trazodone has only one effect on me - it puts me to sleep and makes it very difficult to wake up. Absolutely no effect on depression whatsoever. Like taking chloral hydrate. Your mileage may vary.

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04 May 2007, 2:47 am

TheMachine1 wrote:

SuPaStAr wrote:

i think they might work but dont take prozac
i almost killed myself while on them
maybe i took a dose too high but i would stop anyone from taking them if i cud

People have mixed reactions to meds. Alot people including myself do fine on prozac.

Me too - but on a LOW dose. As I keep saying, I think those of us on the spectrum might need lower doses of any psychoactive medication. I'm on 10mg of Prozac, a very low dose, and it's perfect.

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04 May 2007, 2:48 am

i think i had too high a dose then.
i went straight onto max adult dose

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04 May 2007, 2:53 am

20 mg is how much prozac I take. Oh also person under 18 report alot more problems from SSRi's than older people.

Yeah I took 50 mg of trazdone one time and it was like a sleeping pill.

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04 May 2007, 2:55 am

i overdosed sleeping pills once and it had no affect

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04 May 2007, 3:00 am

SuPaStAr wrote:

i overdosed sleeping pills once and it had no affect

Yeah likely was a short acting benzodiazepine. Even long acting ones people have survived massive overdoses.

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04 May 2007, 3:12 am

I take 100mg, the recommended initial dose is 150-200mg.

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04 May 2007, 3:34 am

TheMachine1 wrote:

SuPaStAr wrote:

i overdosed sleeping pills once and it had no affect

Yeah likely was a short acting benzodiazepine. Even long acting ones people have survived massive overdoses.

i'll know that in the future :wink:

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