by keithG » Sat May 30, 2009 12:50 pm
For several years i thought that i may need anti-depressant medication, but never went to the doctor because that was for "sick" or "weak" people and i felt i was basically normal and didn't need meds...
I thought i could just reach down deep inside and change my feelings and change my thought patterns etc. I also thought that if i went on medication i'd be some sort of walking zombie...
I wish i went to the doctor years ago!! I now take a drug called paxel and it has completely meade me "normal." I really did have some kind of non-normal chemical imbalance or something. I used to go from great highs to great lows and i was known to yell a lot and throw fits, or just go into a deep somber mood.
Now i am basically happy all of the time. I still have my highs, where i am full of life and fun, but i have NONE of the lows. It is an amazing discovery for me, that i can feel normal and well-balanced, and i wish i started taking this drug years ago.
It really isn't like a drug in daily life, i feel no euphoria, nothing abnormal, no side effects (except it's harder, but not impossible, to reach orgasm), I just feel fine. Normal.
You may want to talk to your doctor about whether something like this can help you.
By the way, i do still struggle w/ the desire to drink, but not as much, i think.
Good luck and God Bless!!!!
For several years i thought that i may need anti-depressant medication, but never went to the doctor because that was for "sick" or "weak" people and i felt i was basically normal and didn't need meds...
I thought i could just reach down deep inside and change my feelings and change my thought patterns etc. I also thought that if i went on medication i'd be some sort of walking zombie...
I wish i went to the doctor years ago!! I now take a drug called paxel and it has completely meade me "normal." I really did have some kind of non-normal chemical imbalance or something. I used to go from great highs to great lows and i was known to yell a lot and throw fits, or just go into a deep somber mood.
Now i am basically happy all of the time. I still have my highs, where i am full of life and fun, but i have NONE of the lows. It is an amazing discovery for me, that i can feel normal and well-balanced, and i wish i started taking this drug years ago.
It really isn't like a drug in daily life, i feel no euphoria, nothing abnormal, no side effects (except it's harder, but not impossible, to reach orgasm), I just feel fine. Normal.
You may want to talk to your doctor about whether something like this can help you.
By the way, i do still struggle w/ the desire to drink, but not as much, i think.
Good luck and God Bless!!!!