szy123 Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Hey guys! My doctor gave me pills after my break up month ago, but I'm not feel better yet :/ Do you have some experience with antidepressant after break up ? Please write if you have. 1
DarkHorizon Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 I've been taking Tylenol based on this study: Acetaminophen reduces social pain: behavioral and neural evidence. - PubMed - NCBI Go ahead, make fun 1
TooMuchThinking Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 I've been taking Tylenol based on this study: Acetaminophen reduces social pain: behavioral and neural evidence. - PubMed - NCBI Go ahead, make fun I totally believe this! I had a minor surgery and my doctor perscribed Tylenol3 - which is basically a super strong pain killer. Everytime I took it, the pain from my breakup felt more manageable too! It's like my heart was getting a little pain reducer as well. 1
K2z Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Most antidepressants take at least a month to kick in. They don't take hold right away. I'm no doctor, but it seems peculiar to treat the acute symptoms of breakup stress with antidepressants, unless you have an underlying depression disorder. I had Xanax and other calmatives and they were helpful at the time, to transcend some of the truly excruciating anxiety and pain. 1
CDJ Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 I was prescribed sertraline. It took a good two months to kick in (if indeed it has at all; could just be feeling better in my self having gone through the grieving process. It's perfectly normal to be prescribed such medication after a break-up, given the close association with depression and the physical symptoms that can also occur. Just stick with it and report to your doctor once a month. 1
DarkHorizon Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 I totally believe this! I had a minor surgery and my doctor perscribed Tylenol3 - which is basically a super strong pain killer. Everytime I took it, the pain from my breakup felt more manageable too! It's like my heart was getting a little pain reducer as well. Heartbreak is a form of "social pain", and this particular study indicates that acetamtaminophen can reduce the symptoms of physical and social pain, since they both travel along the same pathways in the brain. 1
Nickr3023 Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Hey guys! My doctor gave me pills after my break up month ago, but I'm not feel better yet :/ Do you have some experience with antidepressant after break up ? Please write if you have. I've been on Paxil for about a month now. I was diagnosed with major depression and general anxiety disorder. I feel better than I did, but still don't feel like it's fully there yet. Give it more time, it can take upwards of 2-3 months depending on your body. Xanax and herbs also help a lot with everything. Hope it works for you.
Satu Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) It can take up to 6 or 7 weeks for antidepressants to fully kick in, and then another month or two to stabilise the effect Edited February 12, 2016 by Satu 1
FTM042014 Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Hey guys! My doctor gave me pills after my break up month ago, but I'm not feel better yet :/ Do you have some experience with antidepressant after break up ? Please write if you have. Hello. I have experience and I am currently on them now for a breakup. Note that it can take up to 6 weeks to feel the full effect. Anti depressants have to build up for your serotonin to begin flowing evenly. That's what makes you feel better. In the meantime its not a bad idea to go to a therapist, particularly one that is grounded in something called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT. It is a theory based on checking distortions and irrational thinking. Reframing your breakup and your ex helps tremendously to lift the fog. Don't stop taking your meds!
FTM042014 Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Most antidepressants take at least a month to kick in. They don't take hold right away. I'm no doctor, but it seems peculiar to treat the acute symptoms of breakup stress with antidepressants, unless you have an underlying depression disorder. I had Xanax and other calmatives and they were helpful at the time, to transcend some of the truly excruciating anxiety and pain. Smaller dosages of an anti depressant can make it easier to think clearly and be more logical and rational. This in turn can help you refocus and reframe your thoughts in a more positive manner which directly affects how you feel. It's not a magic bullet by any means. It's an aid but you have to do the work with it. We tend to romanticize our relationships when they end and elevate the person in our minds. The meds help you help yourself to remove them from that undeserved pedestal.
Wuku Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 I have been on sertraline and risperidone for years for my mental health, and it takes time to start to work as everyone has said. But I have to say, it didn't help my break up pain being on them. I still felt rock bottom and devastated. Maybe I have gotten used to being on them. Everyone's different though, so your experience may be better.
d0nnivain Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Life can't be fixed with a pill IMO, but I'm not a doctor. I think your doctor believes in quick fixes if he prescribed pills for a break up. You are supposed to be upset after a break up. Grieving the loss of the relationship is part of the process. If your mood doesn't improve after time, then and only then is pharmacological management appropriate. The pills are not magic beans. They don't change the facts: your relationship ended. I'd talk to your doctor about going off the pills. Do not just stop taking them without medical advice. Once you are off, use none chemical means to improve your mood: exercise, sunshine, being around positive people etc
notoriginal Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) I believe the painkiller thing too. When I had a breakup I was taking acetaminophen and they seemed to work a little bit, I once got a strong one from somebody else and it was like a recreational drug so I didn't take that one anymore. I also got prescribed benzodiazepines but they were more blunting my feelings. They helped somewhat too, though. Antidepressants (I only have experience with ssri's) can take anywhere from a few days (like I experience) until a month or something to work. Edited February 12, 2016 by notoriginal
Author szy123 Posted February 12, 2016 Author Posted February 12, 2016 I know that pills can't make my thought about her away. But worst for me is fact that she is so beautiful women and i think I don't find women as beautiful as she in the future. Next thing is that I have 27 years old and I think I'm quite old...
DarkHorizon Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 Next thing is that I have 27 years old and I think I'm quite old... Ah c'mon. Give me a break. I am 47, widower, and was dating a beautiful 27 year old. If I can do it, so can you
notoriginal Posted February 12, 2016 Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) @szy123: I know how you feel. 27 is not old at all though. And even when it was, there is no use to think about that, it only makes you feel bad. You have plenty of time to find someone else. There is no hurry. Also yes grieving after a breakup is normal, but suicidal urges are not or at least I don't think so. maybe szy123 feels extremely low who knows? There is something to say for experiencing the bad emotions and dealing with them but pills only remove a very small bit of the pain is my experience. . Edited February 12, 2016 by notoriginal
veggirl Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Omg they will give pills for anything. I'd immediately stop seeing any Dr who prescribed a drug for a break up. Unless you're having panic attacks and can't deal with it via therapy or something I'd say this is totally over the top and inappropriate. I think you need to learn some coping mechanisms that don't involve prescriptions.
K2z Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 My position is that antidepressants treat a fairly long term problem. By the time they truly kick in, shorter term medications and therapy might have done their work more efficaciously. But I am no doctor. I happen to have longer term depression issues, but in the narrow context of the breakup, what I needed was to sleep at night and not think of hurting myself. For me in specific, that was anti-anxiety treatment. That nightly packet, which I called "meds o'clock," hit me like a welcome torpedo every day.
FTM042014 Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 If a doc is prescribing anti depressants it is because you've displayed some concern over how you feel that may be beyond just the usual after a breakup. If the breakup has plunged you into even a mild depression meds can help. Never feel uncomfortable, embarrassed or wrong for taking them. It is not forever. A breakup can lead to serious depression that may need medication to help. I had trouble sleeping, eating, thinking and just getting through a work day. If your quality of life is impacted beyond the usual sadness anti depressants are just fine.
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