Reply #13: About AD meds - they can and will work!

[LynneSin]

and as someone who has spent about two years first on Prozac and then Lexapro, I can honestly say the stuff works. I had moved to a new state, ended a long term relationship and hated my new job (which btw, is not my current job). Anti-depresents helped me to get out of my shell and back to my normal self. I had switched to Lexapro because I was told I could lose weight while on that AD med and I actually did on 5mg of the stuff. But they upped me to 10mg and I put on like 50lbs in 3 months. Careful research on the internets and I found that this was one of the many complaints that users had about the drug.

For most people, anti-depresents should not be a lifetime use but for most of us it's a situational thing to help us adjust and get back on track when things are bad. Sorry, I'm not going to buy into some Cult programming me and taking all my money in order to get me adjusted. AD meds were about $20 a month with a doctor appointment about every 3 months. Much easier to do. We all just need to learn when to use them and then when we're doing better to get off the damn things