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Very quick opinion poll on ADs - Have you taken them? and Do they help?

35 replies

frumpygrumpy · 01/02/2010 12:50

Just after yes and no answers to both questions:

(a) have you taken antidepressants?

(b) do they help?

OP posts:
nickytwotimes · 01/02/2010 12:51

Yes
Yes

OrmRenewed · 01/02/2010 12:51

Yes and yes.

Granny23 · 01/02/2010 12:51

a) Yes
b) Yes

MaryAnnSingleton · 01/02/2010 12:57

yes
and
yes

BeckyBendyLegs · 01/02/2010 12:58

No (started taking them, hated them, stopped - a month ago now)
Don't know!

Interesting to see lots of yesses though.

FabIsGoingToBeFabIn2010 · 01/02/2010 12:59

Yes

Yes.

I know they worked for me because of how I was when I came off them.

Chillohippi · 01/02/2010 13:16

Yes.
Yes.

justwhen · 01/02/2010 13:17

yes
yes

jasper · 01/02/2010 14:02

YEs.
YES saved my life

TheChewyToffeeMum · 01/02/2010 14:25

yes
yes, I also believe they saved my life.

GetDownYouWillFall · 03/02/2010 09:58

yes - quite a few different ones!
Depends - if you find the right one, then yes. But they all suit people differently and some can make you feel a lot worse especially early on in the treatment

Trickle · 03/02/2010 10:07

Yes
Yes and no

If you think they arn't working and/or causing the (very rare in my case) side effects and the doc fobs you off ask for a second opinion. They worked in that I havn't had a period of depression for 5 years after being depressed for 12 years. However I had some reactions that weren't taken seriously as side effects.

PureAsTheColdDrivenSnow · 03/02/2010 10:08

Yes, and yes... definitely.

weegiemum · 03/02/2010 10:10

(a) YES
(b) Yes, some of them.
Had a rare reaction to one type but others have been fab (note to self: repeat prescription)!

Rhian82 · 03/02/2010 10:14

Yes and Yes.

topsi · 03/02/2010 10:44

yes (lots)
yes

newtohere1 · 03/02/2010 18:59

es
No
I took an overdose and was sectioned for the first time in my life on the third day of taking them.
Later turned out there was a link between that drug and increased suicide risk
Never took ADs again,
recovered without meds

SeaTheStars · 03/02/2010 20:49

yes
no (but had undiagnosed bipolar then so was not anybody's fault, but they did make me v ill)

Pinkmarshmallow · 04/02/2010 13:29

Yes
Yes

pollywollydoodle · 04/02/2010 13:38

yes
yes

xkatyx · 04/02/2010 17:47

yes
yes

ConnorTraceptive · 04/02/2010 17:54

yes
yes

eggontoast · 04/02/2010 18:17

yes
yes, for anxiety.

thingamajig · 04/02/2010 22:17

Yes
Yes

EldritchCleaver · 08/02/2010 15:26

Yes
Yes: life saver. Too ill to get better without. Did it 2 and a half years, came off. Never looked back.