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Originally Posted by thickntired
Hi,
I have 2 friends that are male and both have strong features of long term depression. They refuse to see a pdoc or even a Dr and say never ever on the meds. One went so far as to say he would never take an antidepressant because he knows "people who have died from taking them." It seems like over the years very few men I've known have owned up to being on any psych medication while many of my female friends are the opposite
I believe fewer men are diagnosed with mental illness. So, are men avoiding help from pdocs? And aside from the sexual side effects, why avoid medication?  |
Well I am female so I cannot really say, but it is quite possible for drugs to have nasty side effects even if they are prescription. I tried prozac for my depression and that caused all kinds of crap to go wrong, so after that incident I decided never to take SSRIs again. Right now i am prescribed klonopin and mirtazapine. I know the mirtazapine is an anti-depressant but its not an SSRI and hasn't caused any noticeable side effects really other then its somewhat sedating properties but I don't mind that side effect.