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I quit SSRIs. I have anxiety and depression and there’s like a 80% chance I have undiagnosed ADHD.
At first the meds were great (after the initial two weeks of extreme suicidal thoughts and stomach issues), literally everything was more enjoyable. But it was weird. The food I enjoyed changed, I put on weight, lower libido, and I didn’t find I was happier overall. The lows were definitely less low though.
Making real lifestyle changes and therapy actually helped me, which took time and some big changes.
I quit my corporate job, took a smaller gig where I don’t have to deal with bullshit management. Therapy helped me recognize what I was feeling and understand my feelings, and that’s turned into me curbing some behaviours and dealing with things more constructively.
I’m very awful at forming habits, so taking medication consistently was not easy for me. I had to have multiple systems to make sure I had taken my meds and not double take them, I didn’t like that.