Psychotropic medication discussion thread
in Psychology & Therapy ·
Melissa Sanchez59 said:I'm a freelancer, so I have a bit more flexibility. I actually took about ten days off when I started a new antidepressant because, man, the side effects were so bad both times that I could barely walk, let alone work. I don't know, maybe it isn't that intense for everyone, but if I had a steady full-time gig, I'd probably just take a week of vacation and bridge it with a couple of weekends—just enough time for the worst of it to pass. After two weeks, I wasn't feeling those debilitating side effects anymore. As for the anxiety itself, I guess you can always lean on an anxiolytic if things get really overwhelming.
For a few months, and then I switched over to a different antidepressant.
Goddammit, how did you even last that long without catching some crazy infection from all those bacteria that couldn't get out?