The Dark Side of SSRIs

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I've started taking SSRIs a month ago, and I will say I feel like something is different. My anxiety certainly isn't as bad, which is nice, but the depression is still there. Overall, it is better than nothing. Having less anxiety certainly makes life a lot less difficult.

Had I not been prescribed an SSRI, I 100% would not be here.

I've been on an SSRI since 2019, and it does personally help me. Before, I rarely, if ever, felt real happiness and would be completely debilitated by negative emotions. Now, my problems are still there, but it's easier to deal with. My depression is situational now rather than all-encompassing. I'd consider myself a happier person than I was before. Then again, I've never known life without depression, even as a young child, so I don't really have anything to compare it to. I just know it's better than it used to be!

SSRIs saved my life twice. Lexapro has been going great for me. I feel so sorry for those who have had bad experiences.

SSRI's must be prescribed carefully! For me, they have let me be stable enough to engage in therapy and lessen suicidal ideation, literally a lifesaver. But I also have a friend whose mental health was permanently worsened from trying an SSRI. This is a fascinating area of research going forward, and I hope we get better treatments for EVERYONE with depression and mental illness.

I’ve been taking SSRIs for 8-9 years (Prozac until about a year ago, Zoloft since then), and while they have always done the job, I could always tell that something wasn’t quite right. I don’t have that extreme numbing because I can still feel pretty happy and sad at times, but I never felt like the actual problem was being attacked by the meds… I really hope this new research finds some real solutions, because depression has been ruining my life for far too long now :( If science can make me go back to when life was happy, I would do/give anything to get it!

I like the numbing effect. The best part is being calm while everyone else is freaking out.

A fucked up childhood and years of SSRI use rendered me impotent at 19. It is so embarrassing and humiliating to tell every potential sex partners that you're pretty much non functional and can't make them happy. It doesn't even lower your sex drive, just makes you impotent. So it's like having an itch on your back but your arms are paralyzed.

I'm aware this video almost definitely isn't the time to go on about this subject, but here it goes. I'm know I'm not alone when I say I hate YouTube's censoring of 'bad' words, but now it's getting silly. Now it's no longer swear words, but certain non-swear words: suicidal, sex/sexual, shooting, etc. They say it's to protect children/the vulnerable, but why the fuck would they be watching a video on the dangers of SSRIs? Is it so wrong to want a platform in which adults can view and discuss real world issues and not worry about what language we use, especially when it isn't even swears?

Medication doesn't necessairly solve the problems which caused depression

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

I felt so awful on any SSRIs. Either felt worse or like a shell of a person. I tried lamotrigine too for my eating disorder but it gave me awful nightmares. I've been off meds for about a year and a half now, making small changes in my daily routine, going to family therapy and gym and finally starting to feel like myself again mentally and physically. I attempted 3 times in my life and i'm so blessed to still be here. My heart is breaking for people who had their lives taken by depression and anxiety. It's a uphill battle.

SSRIs and SNRIs have saved my life, but I have extreme depression and anxiety. I still feel that enough research has not been done on people like me. Something worked. I am alive today and can thank almost 30 years of medication.

I think really the biggest problem here is that one cannot categorize all depression as having the same cause or same treatment. As someone with severe MDD I do find that I think about suicide a lot less when I'm on a good medication that works for me. There are so many different meds out there too that one can't just try 1 of them and then discount all SSRIs. I think doctors are also too eager to simplify the symptoms into a single condition (or even 2 or 3). The general population is severely uninformed about clinical depression vs natural reactions to bad stuff happening in your life, and about meds. I am afraid of the implications of people overreacting to the umbrella study, if I'm perfectly honest. But I do think science is lacking in understanding depressive symptoms and causes.

I had a very bad reaction to Zoloft. It made me sleep for 16 hours, eat everything in my house within 3 days and had me hallucinating every time I closed my eyes. This was followed by an urge to hurt people... like a LOT of people. All I could think of was burning human bodies when I was awake. SSRIs are way more dangerous for some people than doctors realize and I wish they'd be handled with more care. I stopped taking it after the 3rd day, but the experience made my anxiety and PTSD way worse. I'm taking buspar now and so far so good. I'm hoping to get back on ADHD medication soon as well, but the battle to receive quality psychiatric care is never ending.

SSRIs destroyed me. the person who was prescribing me didn’t know what they were doing. i took many different SSRI’s over time and it made me worse, my doctor didn’t know how to prescribe meds. I finally went to a real psychiatrist and they prescribed me Wellbutrin, I haven’t been anymore happier and my mental disorders are so much easier to control now

I was prescribed an SSRI and honestly i can't say i relate to any of this. Being on an SSRI has allowed me to feel both happy and sad without spiralling downward into depression, before i was on the SSRI i could barely even register emotion. Thankful that it also hasn't affected my sex life! Of course, i can only speak for myself but I'm very grateful for the drug.

An SSRI saved my life. I dont think everyone should take them though. Lots of people on them for mild depression and anxiety. I feel you should only take them once mental illness becomes debilitating and prevents you from living normally. I had mild mental illness before it got really bad. I wish i had gone to therapy sooner to maybe prevent me from needing meds. I truly am glad they exist though. I really wouldn't be here without them

I recently got prescribed an SSRI for my panic disorder after I having the worst panic attack I’ve ever had at work that put me out of work for a week. I will say, I’ve become a completely different person. I actually enjoy going out to little minuscule things such as shopping for groceries and going to get gas. (Yes I literally would panic over little things like that.) I don’t hide anymore and even friends and family have commented on how much happier I am now. Although I’m not 100% better obviously, just being able to leave the house without being deathly terrified of pretty much any and everything, is worth it.