will a couse of anti depressants cure me from depression aft

billymodulus · Newbie Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 16

Just starting a new post on peoples views about anti -depressants. I have quit weed for over 2months now, i still feel depressed and have a really bad negative thought process still going on? i tried st johns wort for 1 month of this time. I think i need the anti-dperessants. I still feel like there is something wrong and not 100% normal(maybe this is still all in my head)but i have seen a few people who have had anti-depressants after quitting and they seem fine now? Is there a link of depression when you quit....I had classic withdrawal symptoms like a panic attack but these only showed up 3 weeks afetr i had seased use of the cannabis. I still cant sleep right, well not like i used to on the weed, where i would get maximum sleep, with no disturbances but feel tired in the morning. so I have been about one month and 2-3weeks since i had this panic attack(withdrawal) and i was given anti-depressants from the doctor but didnt take them and was going to try the st johns wort first. but I feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel... If anyone has any information regarding there recovery that would be great. i have already made other posts on this forum i feel like i need confiirmation weather i will get better. will my mood change and will i be happy again.. I never used to smoke every single day, but most days i would smoke 1 joint. Any help would be great or information about people who have taken these anti-depressants or had similar process of weather to take them.

peace

Simma · Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 31

Hi, i the same thing happened to me, i quit weed and the first panic attack happened about 4 days after, it scared me a lot, i thought there is something physically wrong with me, went to the doc, she said it was an anxiety attack and gave me Lexapro, she said to take it for about 3 month and then she'll ease me off them and i'll be fine. Then reading about anti depressands, i realized that people go through withdrawal from them also and a lot of people said that they gained a lot of weight, which i really didn't want. Now it has been 5 month that i am clean and i started feeling better at 3 and a half month, just be patiant, remind your self that u are just thinking negative it's in your head, there is nothing wrong with you, our body heals it self give it more time, you are slowing down the recovery process by thinking negative. I am in the same boat, and everybody is different, for some people it took 2 weeks to be normal where for me and you it's taking longer, i was also not a crazy smoker, i would just smoke at the end of the day to relax, i say hang in there, u can do it!

Simma · Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 31

Oh and my doc thinks that i am tortiring myself by dealing with it without the anti depressands, but i don't want to berry the problem deeper and use the easy way out, i want to solve it, all it really is, is FEAR, which is a very bad thing, we have nothing to fear, we have, we are fine. Like one of my friends has gotten in a very big car accident 3 years ago, had seviar brain damage, doctors said she most likely will not make it, however, body heals it self and she is fine now, she drives goes to college, where she wasn't scared, she let her body heal it self, and now, she still has no fear about driving or hospitals or anything, o and i forgot to mention she was in a coma for a month. All we did was smoke a little herb, which made us paranoid, thats all

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