Hi, when I was 30 I was expecting my 2nd child, life should have been good. But My life was "sh*te". I am now 38 years old and in a good job, my family is healthy and secure, yet I still feel "normal". I am taking fluoxetine 40mg per day and just feel like a numb version of me. Is this the meds or the depression
Hi Humner. How long have you been taking fluoxetine? Is it since you had your second child or recently? There are plenty of anti-depressants out there. Ask your doctor about Lithium. (Google it first) but it is one of the oldest but most efficient anti-depressants around. Let us know how you get on.
Gwen,
Been on it for nearly nine years now in varying doses.......
So basically you are either addicted to it or immune to it. Either way go to your GP and tell him you can't go on as you are and say you want something different. 9 years is far to long to be on any drug.
Nothing to do with depression but meds can be lethal I had. A year on beta blockers
and lost a year through feeling like a zombie,go back to your doc and tell him you cannot tolerate them
Possibly more the meds than the depression. Although depression does make us numb to a certain extent. I have been on many different anti depressants in the years I have had depression. When you find the one that agrees with you you should feel better, although when I found the right one it did take away my emotions, but I did well. Depression does take away a lot.