re: How do you feel about antidepressants?

If it helps someone I’m happy for them. I feel like they’re too readily prescribed and do more harm than good in general. I took them for a few months after I lost the coolest person I know. Juice wasn’t worth the squeeze for me.

I can share.

There was a time in my life when things were extremely difficult for me due to a family health situation. I was raising kids by myself, working ungodly hours, caregiving when I was not working, and spending huge sums for outside caregivers. I got about four hours of sleep a night. I’d fall asleep at stoplights. This went on for years.

I’m honestly surprised I survived it. That is not hyperbole.

At some point a doctor gave me Celexa. It did not help much at first. Then one day I woke up without abject screaming terror in my gut.

It was like rebooting a computer. I discontinued after about a month due to side effects, but I could carry that feeling, that reset feeling, with me for a long time.

If you have really difficult personal circumstances or real, extreme anxiety, try them. How long you take them is up to you.