#risks of antidepressants
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Lately I've been listening to Careful What You Wish For (the doctor said to) by Jack Harris because it fits the driving to work at 5am vibes, even though it makes me want to yell, "That's not how 'antidepressants can increase your risk of suicide' works!!!!!" about one of the lines lmaoooo
#ask#personal#Anonymous#t#for reference: antidepressants increase risk of suicide specifically in already suicidal people#this is because the improvement in symptoms is gradual so if you are too depressed to harm yourself#and then suddenly you take something that gives you more energy to act but are still at that time suicidal#then you are of course at increased risk of acting on those suicidal feelings
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this post sucks lol can't we leave this bullshit in 2015. pharma companies wish they were allowed to say this. but they can't because it is demonstrably false. signed someone who was made suicidal by antidepressants (among other deleterious effects!) with zero prior history of suicidality.
#suicide mention#I wasn't even significantly depressed before being put on SSRIs and they made literally everything worse#this type of mis(dis?)information is responsible for the erroneous assumption antidepressants are ~the safe option~#over drugs that work but hold risk of ''''''abuse''''''
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I’ve got some Dutch chocolate ice cream and pulled out a mocktail, I’m ready to read fics that I’ve missed.
#hitman fandom#I wonder if mocktails really taste like the real deal#never drank alcohol bc of of the risk of it interacting with my antidepressants
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love how my shitty health insurance chose THE perfect time to expire. just really impeccable timing
#pentababbles#it expired on november 1st out of nowhere#i was on my dad's health plan but he got a job with a separate health plan and forgot to renew his other insurance#i was supposed to be able to stay covered under united healthcare until 2026.#sure that would've only given me two more years but at least then i'd have time to plan what to do next#what's especially annoying is how much trouble i had with my insurance previously when i tried switching my pcp#and this happens to be THE time of year when i typically get sick#just this september i was hospitalized for a severe asthma attack/respiratory infection combo#which could've been prevented if i could've gotten my asthma medicine from my allergist sooner#but ofc i had to go thru a ridiculous snafu dealing with doctors and insurance just to get a damn referral#and literally on the day my insurance ran out i caught a cold.#i'm running low on my antidepressants and my asthma medicine already.#i have a little money in my savings for emergency so if worse comes to worse i can at least get my medicines refilled#but. i can't go back to the doctor for more tests bc it'll cost too much.#i only have a part time job as an assistant teacher. i only get paid hourly and it's not that much#even if i did get a salaried position at this job the insurance benefits aren't that great and the pay is much better#plus since i work with kids they're very germy so i'm always at risk of getting sick and having to go to the doctor#i don't want my insurance to be tied to my job but i need to get a better job anyways. so i can start digging myself out of this hole#i need to get my vaccines updated stockpile lifesaving medications and get a new job with insurance before jan 20#bc i need to survive. i need to outlive the empire no matter what#and i need to be there for my friends
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in discussing bodily autonomy and ableism and stuff, some people need to understand that there could be a medication or therapy that could exponentially help someone’s condition, but disabled people are under no obligation to accept it
#i was prescribed antidepressants as pain medication but because i don’t have depression the risks in my opinion outweigh anything else. and#i don’t want to take a medication that affects my brain chemistry#I told my doctors the moment they prescribed it that i was not going to take them#and i never have#it’s the same for physical therapy. i tried it and not only did it not help but i hated going and it left me hating my body and in a level#of just general upset that was nowhere near worth it to continue even if there were benefits#bodily autonomy includes refusing treatment options#disability
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are periods supposed to feel like small exorcisms every time like i am being torn apart and flayed from the inside out
#i have tried so many bc pills pls#and no i will not risk going off of them#when im this close to finishing school#and i still plan to go to grad school#i dont want to do both#but in full transparency i had to go back on antidepressants#and i know its bc of all of this
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As someone with chronic illness it's always confused me when people fear-monger about HRT by saying stuff like "It has a chance to cause [insert symptom here] as a side effect!" Like yeah man, that's kinda what medications do. They cause side effects, it's basically like a law of equivalent exchange thing. You discuss with your doctor your options and weigh whether the side effects are worth the benefit. I thought everyone knew this?
#trans#like medicine is just like that#my antidepressant makes me really sweaty but it also makes me not want to kill myself so i think it's a decent trade off#my ozempic makes me nauseous sometimes but it also is treating my liver so it doesn't fucking fail and kill me so I'll take the nausea#my birth control makes me very slightly more likely to develop blood clots but it also prevents my period and improves quality of life#whenever you start a new medication your doctor should explain to you the benefits and risks and you have to consent to those risks#if your doctor doesn't properly explain it then that's the fault of the doctor and not the medication#but also like most doctors will do a much better job at explaining those risks to you than transphobes on the internet will#and if you have a concern you can ask your doctor if it's something worth worrying about or not.
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y'all, when I realized I was nonbinary I did not expect getting gender dysphoria from buying vitamins
#my brain is being dumb rn#for context my menstrual hormones are all fucked up and might be causing me a lot of my fatigue and depression issues#so i have to buy the for womens vitamins#(edit: pmdd and high testosterone- most likely pcos but not confirmed)#and extra folic acid#bc i cant take the proper hormonal medication bc i already carry a stroke risk#so i have become a supplement person lmao#(not really - i like supplements but also if you need medication pls take it)#(antidepressants have saved my life and i will always take them probably and im 100% ok with that)#tw menstruation#tw gender dysphoria#tw health#(lemme know if i should tag anything else ❤️)#mine
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Would you rather be a Lunar or a Solar Solstice Warrior, if you were able to choose?
(and what might your title be?)
Lunar! Having a summer birthday would be weird, honestly, and my perpetually-vitamin-d-deficient ass would not be able to handle solar anything.
As for title...hm. Let's go with Lunar Lore Weaver, and lean into the textile-themed magical powers. My weapon of choice would be a skein of yarn.
#nattering#psa: if you take any common antidepressants or antipsychotics you are probably at higher risk of heat stroke#if i were designing a sick oc she would use a polearm but if we're talking *me* well#all i'm good for is crochet and calligraphy so here we are i guess
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Being on antidepressants does not stop me from taking cold medication because apparently I prefer mental illness over physical illness
#not true but also this cold is so uncomfortable that I’d rather risk the side effects of these two mingling drugs than have a blocked nose#also it is so hard to find cold medication that doesn’t say you can use it if you’re taking antidepressants#which makes sense but still#iuput
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i hate walking by the tv and hearing the worst shit ever without fail. its often like "police open up" or couples having the loudest, most ear piercing screaming arguements over cheating but just now i walked by and the guy was """confessing""" that his evil psychiatrist gave him alzheimers like why do my grandparents need to hear that. they could be listening to music or watch a cooking show or something idk. i hate cop shows so much man
#googled it and ye it looks like the chances of alzheimers on antidepressants go from 10 to 15% for ppl over 65 but id rather not kill myself#i feel like theres enough bad rep for medication + its not the psychiatrists fault lol... you get informed of all the risks
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if i was rich there IS a “cosmetic” procedure i’d get done for my own comfort. i’d botox my fucking sweat glands. granted because my sweat response is broken and im always uncomfortable and would easily succumb to hypothetmia because i dont stop sweating in the cold
#r#antifeminist confessions lmfao#idkk if i actually would like i’d have to research risks#but botoxing your pits is really the only ‘treatment’ for hyperhydrosis#which i get it isnt a particularly dangerous thing to suffer from but. uncomfy all the time#so uncomfy all the time#im too autistic to sweat this much!!!!#i have sensory issues + ptsd triggers surrounding being in damp clothes please im begging it to stop#strongly advise against taking SNRIs if you value your autonomic nerve function#not that my sitch was the norm hopefully bc it was lowkey malpractice to ignore the plethora of black label effects i was experiencing#and to keep raising my dose and refuse to prescribe me anything lower#and accuse me of methampethamine use when it makes me psychotic 😬#wow i wonder if serotonin overdose looks a bit like illicit drug use… couldn’t possibly…#like. isn’t a psychiatrist supposed to know what a serotonin overdose looks like#that seems like something they should definitely be taught since theyre handing out serotonergic drugs like candy#also like. yeah sorry i seem anxious like im on amphetamines you gave me the antidepressant that literally increases your noradrenaline#i get it it worked for some people in testing to be less depressed but can you please use deductive reasoning to connect#literal stress hormones possibly causing stress
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Researching nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFD) so I can go to my PCP and get further tests done to make sure 1) I'm not pre-diabetic and 2) see if I need to go on a cholesterol medication for now. And I see this gem in the Google search results:
Good thing I'm not on high doses of TWO antidepressants right now 🙃 😭
#personal#last time they checked my blood sugar they said it looked fine but now I'm paranoid#my mom has type 2 so I'm at risk :/#idek if my antidepressants are working. i feel like my depression is just my shadow at this point. can't get rid of it#love this for me#venting
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thinking about the research hypotheses of the role of serotonin and dopamine in low harm avoidance in association with risk taking recreation and how I want to lock every f1 driver up in a lab for psychological study
#being highly risk averse (anxiety for example) has been (?) can be (?) associated with high serotonin#or high serotogenic activity more accurately !#and the brain function areas used in harm valuation are serotonin dense areas#I’m not an expert AT ALL in this I’ve just read a decent amount of journals but don’t quote me#basically you could hypothesise that giving these guys antidepressants may well make them no longer want to be f1 drivers lmao#there’s also studies abt low rates of#ptsd amongst mountaineers and how this trauma reaction links to risk averse behaviour too
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The original post I saw seems no longer rebloggable, but here. Current as of October 18, 2024.
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i hate being sick :(
#i mean of all the weeks to get sick this is probably the best one bc i dont have to teach#but also. i could’ve done without getting sick in the first place yknow#although considering the usual progession of symptoms i usually go through when i get a cold i think this one will be pretty mild#and my mom is coming to visit <3 to bring me my meds so i don’t have to go into antidepressant withdrawal as well <3#bc the only pharmacy in walking distance FUCKING LIED on their website abt being open on labor day#and ofc i waited until the last minute to go pick them up. calculated risk but man am i bad at math etc etc#screams into the void
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