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Originally Posted by Leed
Ya know, Prozac isn't the ONLY antidepressant, my friend. How about Cymbalta? That only takes 2=3 weeks to begin working, and it even has pain relief properties in it. That might work for you. I haven't had ANY side effects from it. I've been on it quite awhile now -- iin fact I'm on the maximum doseage, which is 65mg twice a day, or 130mg.
Don't think that society doesn't disturb ME too!  And I was always different in school. I never had any friends -- I was too "weird" I guess, and I isolated" too much. I was shy too. Which brings us to adulthood and I have no friends NOW either. I can't work now, but that's cause I'm disabled. I did work til I was 44 yrs old. And I'm thin-skinned. I tend to take things personally too, and get my feelings hurt easily. I'm NOT telling you this to make you feel better. I was in therapy for YEARS off and on. I had lots of issues to take care of. LOTS.  I was sexually molested, and my therapist didn't even believe me cause I couldn't remember when it happened!!! Ummm, maybe trauma had something to do with that?? sheeesh.
So I've had my problems and Ii don't feel particularly "worthy" of what I have. I guess that's what I mean. I don't know. But I'm better than I used to be and I'm not as depressed as I used to be by a long shot! Give the meds another try --- please? You WILL feel better. There's all KINDS of them out there, and there might just be one that will work for you. God bless & PLEASE take care.  Hugs, Lee 
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If its not an SSRI I would consider it, but its kind of up to whatever the doctors want to prescribe me so not sure they would offer that as an option. But yeah I have a feeling a drug that just puts more serotonin in my brain cannot really solve the issues i have. Then I just get hyped up on serotonin and anxiety at the same time at least that's what it seemed happened with the prozac.
But yeah I'm trying to keep it together as best as I can, until that appointment I have...and then maybe I can see what options there are for therapies and maybe alternative medications to SSRIs I will tell them what happened with the prozac and also I recently got hydroxyzine prescribed for anxiety which I found to be pretty ineffective....its basically an anti-histamine with sedating properties, but that does not make up for the other anti-histamine effects I find unpleasant such as disassociation feelings and it seemed to increase the excessive aches and pains I have from being so tense all the time it was almost like instead of relaxing me, it just made me feel exausted and out of it. But maybe they could find something that would actually help and not cause more issues.
And I guess I shouldn't beat myself up for having to apply for SSI, I just seem to have internalized so much crap..I kinda grew up with people downplaying the real struggles I had with phrases like 'you're just not trying hard enough.' 'you're just lazy.' 'you just don't want to do that.' 'you're blowing it out of proportion and dwelling on it.' 'quit complaining.' 'that's just an over-exaggeration.' So I guess I feel guilty when I try to acknowledge my problems and do what I need to do which for the time being is apply for SSI and make that appointment. Even more recently on a support site I got told how I am just such a victim followed with quite a bit of unwarranted criticizms...so it also seems like even when I do make a little progress with confronting some of my problems and realizing maybe I am not so worthless and start building a little confidence. I still get shot down as being negative, dwelling on things having a 'victim' mentality and that sort of thing which makes it even more non-existent than it was to start with.