Antidepressants!!! :(

Hi everyone I'm 17 and have been diagnosed with major depression and generalise anxiety because of a diseases I have had in the past.

I have started a antidepressant called fluoxetine (Prozac) on 20mgs I have been in it for 4 weeks and I have felt no difference and no side effects at all!! I'm scared I won't get better because I haven't felt any different
How long did it take you to feel better from this antidepressant or any other?! and do you think I should increase the dose??

Post Edited (Livv123) : 12/16/2017 5:03:29 AM (GMT-7)

Welcome to the forum.

Depression is an illness that is manageable if taken seriously. I have MDD like so many other. people

You would be surprised how many people you know have depression but do not talk about it.

I have attached a link that may help you understand MDD and what you can do for yourself. Being your own advocate is important. Reading and learning all you can about MDD will help you tremendously.


/www.mindful.org/page/2/?s=depression

/www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/symptoms-causes/syc-20356007

www.allaboutdepression.com/tre_01.html

Peace and strength
Trina

A lot of times it helps to go to counseling because counseling and medications sort of go hand-in-hand. I have recently started counseling again. As a teenager/young adult I was in counseling for 11 years. I've been on Anti-depressants since I was 14. I'm now 38. I have been on a lot of them. It seemed to me that sometimes I didn't realize I was feeling better, it just sort of happened subconsciously. I think you need to call the doctor and he/she will likely boost your meds up. I was recently on Celexa but got tired of it. I just didn't feel as good as I thought I should and I wanted to change to something else. I had to wean off and boy was that hell! I had panic attacks and was such a miserable, hateful *****! I'm now on Lamotrigene, a bipolar/seizure medication along with Zoloft. For panic attacks and high anxiety I occasionally take Lorazepam and on top of that I need to take Depakote for obsessive thoughts.
In the world of depression, people always assume you're a whiner or depression is not a real disease and that it's a choice, and how "my son/daughter is too full of life to be depressed." I tried believing that lie but every time it gets me to the same place. I wish I didn't have to be on these pills the rest of my life but if they help me, I'm sure going to take them.