Warning: this post contains content surrounding suicide and self-harm which may be triggering for some readers.
A little over a month ago I tried to kill myself.
That’s a fucking scary thing to write in a public place, and I don’t do so lightly. This is not the first time I have tried to take my own [...]
Posts Tagged ‘anti-depressants’
Crisis and Recovery
Posted in borderline personality disorder, self harm, suicide, tagged anti-depressants, borderline personality disorder, hospitals, medication, mirtazapine, paroxetine, psychiatrists, self harm, suicide, therapy on February 27, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Coming off the pills – update
Posted in depression, tagged anti-depressants, medication on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, things were going well & then halfway through last week the withdrawl symptoms kicked in. Sheesh, major waves of dizziness and nausea, despite having carefully cut down on my dose before stopping the pills.
I felt reassured that it was withdrawal symptoms, rather than some fun, new ME symptoms, due to the previous comments on [...]
Coming off the pills…
Posted in depression, tagged anti-depressants, depression, treatment on February 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So, after nearly three years I am currently coming off my anti-depressants. I was on 20mg a day of Citalopram and lucky that I had no noticeable side effects.
Using anti-depressants is a very personal choice and it turned out to be the right one for me. However, it wasn’t an easy to start using them as [...]
Misleading news coverage?
Posted in anxiety, depression, news, tagged anti-depressants, anxiety, depression, media, news, research on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I heard a few snippets this week on the BBC news along the lines of
Put away the tranquilisers. Sushi, chocolate and a new haircut could help beat depression, a new book suggests.
The overall impression I received from this was that it was advocating the ’buck up, go out and sort yourself out’ attitude that can be very [...]
Prozac update
Posted in anxiety, depression, tagged anti-depressants, anxiety, depression, drugs, medication, prozac, SSRIs on June 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been on Prozac for three weeks now, so I thought I’d report back on its effects, and also offer a bit of a forum:
Comment, if you want to, sharing what medication you’re currently on, or have been on, (doesn’t have to be anti-depressants) and the effects it’s having/had on your life and mood.
Basically, I [...]
