if so I think it might have gone, I'm at the doctors tomorrow, I don't want to be on tablets, it might be the time to come off or reduce them. I feel so much better.
yeah im the same i asked doctor if they could do acupuncture but the said i would have to go private so im considering it ,just dont want to be on meds and all the side effects
Don't stop too soon!! It's likely to be that the tablets are doing their job so you feel better. As tempting as it feels to want to stop them. Speak to doc first and consider what's changed since you started them. Often recommended to stay on for at least six more months after feeling better. Would u stop a medication that's helping reduce your blood pressure for example....? No, you'd stick with it because it's working. Obviously it's up to you and antidepressants are a very personal choice and we battle with taking them, strangely. We seem to look at depression differently to other illnesses. Good luck though! Feel pleased that you feel better. Be kind to yourself.
Can you feel happy and still have negative thoughts about yourself? I was thinking I don't remember when I liked me. I don't think I ever have. It sounds strange I know.
yeah try come off them if you can long term its better for your health 
I'll speak to the doctor tomorrow, I should be able to come off with not to much problems, I've been for 8 weeks so the side effects should be ok.
you cant be happy and have negative thoughts its one or the other so please keep saying good things about yourself and stay posative you will feel so much better
I can't say good things, because I'm not.
Nothing has changed, the only thing is work is putting less stress on me. My home life will change, but for the worse, we are waiting for the end, could this year or next but not to long.
Yes you are a good person you have just lost your confidence thats all ,you just have to have faith in yourself again start reading self help books and the Secret .Once you start reading you wont be able to stop and how can you expect people to love you if you dont love yourself ,you must start this process to feel good about yourself and give happy vibes from your body
Yes it can lift and go away. Depends what life experiences brought it on or if a medicine caused it, which happened to me and when i stopped the meds the depression was lifted. You do not have to take medicine if you do not want too. There are tons of alternatives as well but maybe a counselor is a good idea just in case you start feeling down again.
I am on medication, for 8 weeks and seeing a councillor, my situation is my mum has terminal illness, dad not well and having a op, my nephew need open heart end of February, and work stress.
You need to give it longer than eight weeks though. What non-drug methods have u tried? Counselling and/or online/face to face CBT are invaluable. I obviously don't know you or your situation and preferences and we're all gonna be different, but if you are unwell you treat it. How you treat it is a decision you need to come to. Speak to doc about antidepressants and non-drug treatments also. Are you getting intolerable side effects?
Only headaches, I just thought I was over it, had a good day. My situation will not get better only worse, as mum has terminal illness. And a lot of other big issues.
How long have you been on the medication ? GP's tend to want 3-6 months with out depression. A few days back you had loads of stress and depression and now it has settled I am just worried you are stopping way to quick. That said it is very much your life and body and if your going to do it speak to your gp.
My vote would be to stick with them and get your self thru the difficult times.
I've been on them for 8 weeks, they put them up 2 weeks ago, I fill fine today, on a high, normal now.
thats sounds like the drugs are just starting to begin working to me, anti depressant are for a few weeks. Your gp will want to see you depression is in remission for at least 6 months. Everyone goes thru this stage and some think they can come off the tablet cause the moods lifted.
Your GP is unlikely to support your decision and if you go against your gp then should something go wrong and it was to return how do you think you will feel having to go back ? I think you would feel worse.
The decision at the end of the day is yours and you may be just fine, but history and what other have gone thru would suggest your more likely to fail and get worse. Sorry to put it bluntly, you may be the lucky one but you have a huge fight to come off so quickly
It scared me earlier when I felt out of control, too happy, I know sounds wierd, I haven't felt happy for such a long time. I was on a high, out of control, I'm back down again to normal and feels better. Maybe you are right, I will continue for a bit, I don't want to feel like I did. A number of occasion I didn't want to carry on. Thinking now I'm back level I might have been to quick. I don't want to go low or feel that high either. I want to be normal.
Work witht your doctor ,may be even keep a diary so you can explain lows and highs. The nothing wrong with being organised
Going to see a councillor too, you are right, even though I was happy, I still hated myself. I don't think I have liked myself, so maybe that's normal.