#ssri

[rateaters-sutff]

un ironically this lobotomy posting shitpost video is probably the best representation of SSRI withdrawal for me

[spoonie-girl-next-door]

This is your "oh shit it's getting hot again" reminder that SSRIs / antidepressants cause sun sensitivity and make you more prone to dehydration. Stay hydrated babes.

[endeavorance]

"Why are Americans so unhealthy and sad? Hmm, it must be the antidepressants. Anyway, let’s increase the retirement age and reduce social safety nets and increase the length of the workweek and remove any possibility for most people to buy a home"

[stars-and-branches]

Whump idea: antidepressant withdrawal.

It comes with a bunch of nasty symptoms like nausea, dizziness, brain zaps, body aches, flu-like symptoms etc *and* worsens the mental health issues that those meds are treating in the first place.

Bonus points if the whumpee forgets to take their meds due to some sort of crisis or conflict and have to deal with withdrawal on top of that.

[victusinveritas]

[enby-licious]

My antidepressants talking to me:

[schizodiaries]

excessive heat and antipsychotics

Where I live, temperatures during the summer can reach “triple digits,” or over 100 °F (37 °C). We had our first triple digit weather of the year just last week, and it’s only going to get hotter as we progress further into summer.

Something I learned only a few years ago is that some medications, including antipsychotics, can affect your body’s ability to regulate heat. Meaning that those who take these meds are more at risk of life-threatening, heat-related illnesses such as hyperthermia or heat stroke.

If you’re on psych meds and live in an area known for extreme heat or humidity, please do your very best to stay as cool as possible. Keep plenty of water with you, try to stay in cool and shaded areas, wear loose-fitting and lightweight clothing, and familiarize yourself with the signs and symptoms of heat-related illnesses. (These are things everyone should do but I wanted to emphasize it for psychiatric medication users specifically because of our impaired ability to regulate our body temperature. But I want everyone to stay safe in hot weather.)

Here are some links to some helpful information I found, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control And Prevention*

Preventing Heat-Related Illnesses

Symptoms of Heat-Related Illnesses

Heat and Medications (intended for clinicians but has useful info for patients as well)

Risk Factors of Heat Stress (PDF/infographic intended for workers)

*Note that because this is a U.S. based organization that they will use Fahrenheit for temperature. I recommend using google search to convert units of measurement.

[sapphic-sprite]

It’s been record breaking high temperatures all over the world for the last couple months so I’d like to implore y’all to please check the warnings on your medications. I know personally one of my medications makes me sensitive to natural/artificial sunlight and the other makes me more susceptible to being dehydrated. SSRIs, commonly, can make you heat intolerant. Make sure you are checking the reactions that your medications can have so you don’t end up in the hospital as summer is not over and we will continue to have increasingly high temperatures.

[snekdood]

[ghostyypawzz]

i hate taking my antidepressants but it wouldn’t be good if i stopped

uwaahhhg why do i have to choose between feeling everything at full force or feeling nothing at all ? either way my thoughts are all fuzzy

(𖦹﹏𖦹;)

[starryosiria-prototype]

"There is no glory in suffering just take the medicine"

I haven't seen it said much on many of these glow-up/self-improvement accounts, so let me put it out there for you all: Psychiatric medications can be among the most powerful of tools.

People talk a lot about "shifting your mindset" in a metaphorical sense. The right psych medication will do this for you on a chemical level. I have genuinely forgotten what it feels like to have an anxiety disorder.

Never feel ashamed for doing what you need to do to improve your quality of life.

[victusinveritas]

RFK Jr has decided to go up against (checks notes) Big Pharma and depressives off their meds. That's certainly a choice.

[ajessaa]

nie poczujesz straty, jeśli nie poczujesz przywiązania.

[etrnlgirl]

HAPPY BRAT WEEK AND PRIDE MONTH TO MY SSRI ENJOYERS

[vaguelydefinedshapes]

[dovey28]

okay cal and andre blast off