Anti depressants – I’ve been on a few prescriptive medications when I was discharged from hospital to help with returning to the real world and it helped turn reality into a slighty foggy way of life. But I was in hospital for a long time and every thing around me had changed. I didn’t recognise cars, number plates, bank account numbers, tv programs and people looked older.
I read some where that anti depressants could be addictive, and I took myself of the medication… (halving the dosage slowly ~ please check with you GP first).
But being on antidepressants didn’t get rid of my problems – thats if the problem for example is anziety. I had problems like coming to terms with a difficulty reading, writing, talking and going out on my own. (Confidence being a strong problem – fear of being attached again). And anti depressents won’t stop an attach. Like smoking won’t stop an attack… but both helped in the small term and I found that both helped in the start, but my life improved as I stook control of my own health and wellbeing.
Feel free to read the article titled ‘Anti depressants: Help or Hype’ by Phylis Feiner Johnson of Epilepsy Talk
http://epilepsytalk.com/2011/07/13/antidepressants-help-or-hype/
Or wikipedias definitions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepressant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antidepressants
NHS
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Antidepressant-drugs/Pages/Introduction.aspx
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