Can Antidepressants Make You Mental???

[joeylittle]

Rather, telling someone who has a chemical imbalance to fix it all by changing their thoughts is akin to telling a diabetic to think their sugar issues away. It just doesn't work like that.

Truth, and a really important point.

Which I guess leads to part 2 of medication management...you need to roll back and examine other options. I don't know how long you've had the venlafaxine as a base medication, but if it's been longer than 6 months and you are struggling, and you can't raise the dose - time to make a new medication plan. And take @Solara's advice about parsing out which comes first, anxiety or depression. That's a great way to be communicating about it to a doc.

 

[J_trustno1]

Omg @Solara, I never thought about it this way. It all starts off with anxiety. It's all my fears and insecurities and that adrinelin rush that makes me keep looping into those thoughts and them depression. I could not digest my food well for the last couple of days. I was constantly in the toilet and shitting my entire day. Sorry for tmi.

It all and always starts off with fear and those butterflies in my stomach. I stress a lot and when that stress is accumulated that is when depression leads on.