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1 minute ago, stupidjock said:

The way I drank some beer and one shot on Thursday and thought I was going to die the next day at work

 

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hydrate better luv

 

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4 minutes ago, FENTY. said:

Am I the only one who was sweating sooo much when I was on SSRIs during workouts. It was unbearable  

some ssris can do that as well as night sweats

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Zoloft worked amazing for me but it completely numb me I was like a robot with no emotions I couldn’t even cry and made me gain hella weight 

 

I switched to Wellbutrin and I like it so much better. And it’s the only antidepressant that you can lose weight instead of gaining. It feels like a more mild adderall.

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fitness always helps my mental health so facts.

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I've never used meds, but physical activity really helped me. Especially treadmill.

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I disagree. Working out makes you feel good but SSRI’s just make everything good vibes 

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2 minutes ago, makeme said:

I disagree. Working out makes you feel good but SSRI’s just make everything good vibes 

yuh

 

depression is obviously a very personal journey, specially when it comes with moderate to severe depreshhh

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i was never diagnosed with clinical depression so i can't speak to that experience, but exercise does improve and help my mental health significantly.

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I find exercise helps so much with anxiety, when ever I feel anxious or have a high heart rate I run on the treadmill or do as many pull ups or push up I can. It normalises the physical feelings and rumination stops.

 

I can’t stand antidepressants especially SSRIs, placebo pills with side effects imo.
The numbness may help for a while but tolerance builds and the brain overcompensates. 

I still have depressive thoughts but mindfulness is a powerful tool for me.

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3 hours ago, PixelStick said:

I find exercise helps so much with anxiety, when ever I feel anxious or have a high heart rate I run on the treadmill or do as many pull ups or push up I can. It normalises the physical feelings and rumination stops.

 

I can’t stand antidepressants especially SSRIs, placebo pills with side effects imo.
The numbness may help for a while but tolerance builds and the brain overcompensates. 

I still have depressive thoughts but mindfulness is a powerful tool for me.

 

Glad to hear you are thriving legend 

 

 


 

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Unfortunately, neither exercise nor medication did anything for me. 

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3 minutes ago, Velvet Night said:

Unfortunately, neither exercise nor medication did anything for me. 

 

try both

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35 minutes ago, PixelStick said:

I can’t stand antidepressants especially SSRIs, placebo pills with side effects imo.

this is scientifically incorrect btw <3

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24 minutes ago, shyboi said:

 

try both

I did, it didn’t work for me. Probably because I've had depression since I was a child.

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Just now, Velvet Night said:

I did, it didn’t work for me. Probably because I've had depression since I was a child.

 

have you get your vitamins checked? specially B and D 

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1 hour ago, ChapelHooker said:

this is scientifically incorrect btw <3

From what I have researched SSRIs are just slightly more effective than placebo and just as if not less effective than talk therapy or exercise.

 

For a drug that’s pretty sketchy in terms of effectiveness with some potential BAD side effects, I personally think it’s so wrong to be handing these meds out the way they do for not just depression but a lot of the off label use that has become way too common too.

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2 hours ago, shyboi said:

next time they tell you that you need meds in other to cope with depression, consider this 

 

 

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It is for some people but it really lowkey takes meds to get people to the point where they are able to exercise 

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Yeah but taking meds is much easier though. That's why people only started losing weight once they could take Ozempic rather than go to the gym 

 

 

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Shock therapy is better than both though but no one likes to talk about it 

 

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2 hours ago, G.U.Y. Gaga said:

It is for some people but it really lowkey takes meds to get people to the point where they are able to exercise 

 

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The person I quote was STRICTLY talking about motivation TO EXERCISE, that's why I wrote that in order to DO THAT caffeine sometimes does the trick.

 

I am not trying to be insensitive, I stated in this same thread that this exercise thing ONLY applies to mild depression not even moderate or life impairing.

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1 minute ago, G.U.Y. Gaga said:
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Shock therapy is better than both though but no one likes to talk about it 

 

 

you know, a form of shock therapy is freezing water, and trust me, that s*** will take you out of the worst mind hole faster that you can say ferrari

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2 hours ago, shyboi said:

next time they tell you that you need meds in other to cope with depression, consider this 

 

 

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Yes I was down bad Oct- Jan and began taking walks and seeing my nephew daily and before I had little motivation and energy and now I feel energized but I still take my meds

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tbh i hadn’t been to the gym for a few weeks recently for no reason other than laziness/procrastinating, but as soon as i arrived yesterday and started exercising i felt like a new person :penguin:  once the routine kicks in and progress starts she’s going to be unsupportable! 

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I also believe in therapy to. They do help to talk to and give good exercises to help deal

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33 minutes ago, PixelStick said:

From what I have researched SSRIs are just slightly more effective than placebo and just as if not less effective than talk therapy or exercise.

 

For a drug that’s pretty sketchy in terms of effectiveness with some potential BAD side effects I personally think it’s so wrong to be handing these meds out the way they do for not just depression but a lot of the off use that has become way too common too.

well then you should have said that, and not the incorrect thing <3

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