I agree that there are people who need medication. xD Hell I can't sleep without mine. I just worry about you taking so many is all. And like Jessi said, not knowing the reason.

I used to take Effexor, which sort of worked for my depression, but it also had really awful withdrawal effects if I ever forgot to take it. I ended up switching to.. how do you spell it.. anafrenil?? Idek. It helped me a lot. I felt like before taking it I had been living in a cloudy haze. My teen years, when my depression etc was at its worst, are kind of a blur.

However it gave me the side effect of being insatiable. I gained a lot of weight. I'm still working some of it off, and I used to be on the highest dose but now I'm on the smallest dose.

Anyway, I guess I just want to say that even with the help of medication, I think working on having healthier habits can be really beneficial as well.

Ah, I see. I know sometimes one or two are combined, but for you to have more than that concerns me I suppose. ^^;

Yeah it's not the best idea to stop a prescription on your own, but if the only effect of doing so was stopping the weight gain, I guess it turned out fine. oxo;

That's a good start! I think cutting down on caffeine will be helpful. And reducing how much food you eat is good too, as long as you're not starving yourself. xD Choosing to eat more veggies and such would be helpful as well (though easier said than done if you don't have much control over buying groceries).

Hmm, well if you're working on controlling your appetite you may feel hungry for some time until you get used to eating less. I know I did. It sucked. Just don't want you to be actually starving...

@Moi; Well that's definite improvement. Just take care of yourself. o;

@Keyami; Ahh, I see. That's good that you didn't suffer too many other side-effects.
And that's fucking ridiculous, and probably one of my top pet-peeves. People who talk like that have absolutely no idea what they're talking about and should just shut the fuck up. It's one thing to think positively, and that's nice and all, but there's not many problems it's going to solve.
There are too many people who try to comment on those sorts of issues and do nothing but make you feel worse by saying shit like that. It's not that simple, please shut your trap.

.. I get angry just thinking about it. <_<; And there's not many things that actually get me mad..

I remember stumbling across this and crying because it was the most perfect representation of what I felt I had ever seen xD http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2 ... t-two.html