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Trintellix (vortioxetine) for Major Depression or possibly Anxiety.
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Sep 18 6:45am | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
Believe it or not the current antidepressants do not work for many people. The person is saying the side effects were not worth taking antidepressants and they will no longer torture themselves with things that don’t work. What’s so hard to understand about that? If they work for you, consider yourself fortunate. I am a mental health professional and, believe me, there are many people for whom antidepressants don’t work, cause more issues than they are worth and most definitely don’t help them with anxiety. I thought your reaction was judgmental and I’m sure the person doesn’t need to be reminded how hard this is on themself and their family. You seem to think they have made an unreasonable decision when this is the decision many are forced to make.
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@ rosebookay
Thank you for your comment. You articulated exactly what I was trying to say. I have had periods during this fight of many decades where antidepressants along with therapy both by a psychiatrist and a therapist in addition to the meds. Unfortunately, they all stopped working for me and yes some were torturous for me personally. I also had mentioned I did do TMS twice, once with limited success and the second with no success. I have never stopped trying to treat my depression until my last experience with Trintellex which made me so sick but I still took it for 2-3 years. I had decided enough was enough and believe it or not, my depression has at least been somewhat tolerable since stopping antidepressants. I’m happy that they work for the person who commented to me that he felt sorry for my family. I thought it was truly the most insensitive response I’ve ever heard or read. Thank you for your explanation and validation that there is not a one fix for all.
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I did not mean to offend anyone but having suffered depression for most of my adult life I know how debilitating it can be. You are a health care professional so you certainly must know there are other options for treating depression. My only point was it might be good to look in to other options.
Maybe electroshock therapy might be an alternative. It is far more sophisticated than it used to be and a person I knew had it administered to him and he said it changed his life.
Finding the right medication to treat someone’s depression is one of the most frustrating things in the world. Unfortunately it takes six weeks to start to work which as a professional you are aware of. If it doesn’t work you can always try a combination of antidepressants. I take Zoloft, Buspar, Wellbutrin and Clonazepam and fortunately it has worked for me. My first psychiatrist actually said Zoloft and Wellbutrin complimented each other so well they had a name for it. They called it “Welloft”
My final point is knowing how terrible depression is for the person suffering from it and the people around him I wouldn’t give up.
I wish him all the luck in the world. If that is being judgmental I am truly sorry.