Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip
by parineum on Sunday October 02, 2022 @01:59PM
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>Curiously, antidepressants can trigger suicide in suicidal people because they give them the energy to act on those impulses.
As someone with somewhat first hand experience with this, it's not exactly "gives them the energy".
The anti-depresents I started taking worked exactly as advertised. The "problem" was I wasn't just depressed, I was also just not happy with life. Anti-depresents can get you out of a depression but they won't make you happy.
It was a bit enlightening to understand the difference between the sadness I felt and the depression but it can also make you feel more helpless when the depression lifts and you still don't really want to wake up tomorrow.
As a result of this experience, I think it's irresponsible to prescribe anti-depresents without accompanying therapy.
My friend was suicidal, and psilocybin was the only thing that made him go back to wanting to be alive (though the effect only lasted ~2 weeks each time).