Can antidepressants cause you to feel unnaturally happy?
I only recently started to consider taking medication(last time I did it was forced and I ended up fully rebelling against the idea) and just when I'm about to think medication can be helpful and it won't change who I am, a friend of mine who increased her dose said she felt uncomfortable. She felt happy but it was unnatural and she didn't like it. She couldn't control how happy she was.
I have always been paranoid about medication for as long as I can remember. I'm such a hypocrite. I always suggest it to people who are really "bad" because I know it can help people and especially if I care for them.
But when it comes to myself, I get so worried it's going to change my brain, I'll lose my sense of me, I'll be changed by the pills that I won't be.. "conscious" or "able" enough to tell someone that it's not real. I get this scary image where I'm smiling/laughing and genuinely happy but still feeling depressed and am unable to feel it when I need to cry.
I feel like I'm slowly going back to my fear of medication and I don't want to because I also believe they could really help me. Especially how I am now and my level of function..
I only recently started to consider taking medication(last time I did it was forced and I ended up fully rebelling against the idea) and just when I'm about to think medication can be helpful and it won't change who I am, a friend of mine who increased her dose said she felt uncomfortable. She felt happy but it was unnatural and she didn't like it. She couldn't control how happy she was.
I have always been paranoid about medication for as long as I can remember. I'm such a hypocrite. I always suggest it to people who are really "bad" because I know it can help people and especially if I care for them.
But when it comes to myself, I get so worried it's going to change my brain, I'll lose my sense of me, I'll be changed by the pills that I won't be.. "conscious" or "able" enough to tell someone that it's not real. I get this scary image where I'm smiling/laughing and genuinely happy but still feeling depressed and am unable to feel it when I need to cry.
I feel like I'm slowly going back to my fear of medication and I don't want to because I also believe they could really help me. Especially how I am now and my level of function..