SUMMER IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gabithatabitha]

I'm starting to become more excited about the sunshine and the good weather. My bicycle is great, my moped is running and I am losing some weight (meaning I feel better about wearing less clothing

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[krisssa]

Well, I imagine that for some people antidepressants have a placebo effect and for others they truly help. I was on some for quite a while and definitely needed them at the time. I think that people are quick to prescribe antidepressants for people who are going through times that would make anyone depressed, which is sort of weird since they're supposed to address biological needs (I think that's when the placebo effect occurs... a person's body is doing what it's supposed to do, but the situation is such that they are going to feel depressed unless they think they're not supposed to feel depressed b/c they're taking this med now...) Does that make ANY sense at all?

I took Prozac and it was a weekly pill (how the heck did I remember to do that?) I thankfully didn't have any side effects on that one but had on another one or two I tried.

I think medicines definitely have the ability to impact people though. I was given Xanax for anxiety at one point and I HATED it. I felt so groggy and out of it... but when they gave me Ativan, it was the most incredible feeling (well, just to not have the crazy inhibitions). So I don't really think that would have been a placebo effect, b/c in essence I expected the same thing to occur that had occurred with the Xanax.

Does any of this make sense? haha.

[gabithatabitha]

It DOES make sense. I didn't know they had weekly doses of Prozac. Interesting.

I do think doctors are quick to prescribe drugs of all kinds.

Side note: my neighbors have three cockatiels - Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft