If I take Prozac or any other SSRI drug I get a high does this happen to anyone else?

The high I get can be likened to ecstacy and from very small doses!

I never received a high when I was on Paxil. In fact, it took 2-3 weeks before I noticed any effects. However, the withdrawal was a different story.

From my experience, anti-depressants are crap and do not really solve the core problem. It just masks the problem. When I noticed the effects, I was very happy for a month or so.. then it wore off and I was just "content" with everything. I was not happy and I was not "sad."

Do some cardio. Run two miles a day or something.

I was just "content" with everything.
That sounds rather nice. Why on earth did you stop?

If I take Prozac or any other SSRI drug I get a high does this happen to anyone else?

The high I get can be likened to ecstacy and from very small doses!
Hmm... I've felt rather jittery and high-sprung when on an SSRI... besides that, nothing special.

That sounds rather nice. Why on earth did you stop?

Well it's not nice when you are just content with everything. You have all the bare minimum requirements to ensure you are not "depressed." This doesn't mean happy.

I would be depressed and still do things. Being content, it was enough to just sit around and accomplish nothing because in the end, I still felt the same.

Look up Prozac, or any psychoactive drug, in the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference) if you want a list of the known side effects. Most of them only affect a tiny percentage of the patients, but you could be one of them. After all, somebody has to make up that group.

my ifrned had me get high on life one time, it smells real good and is green :)

Adderall is fun.

And Lexapro's like acid when you're asleep 0.0 ...

If I take Prozac or any other SSRI drug I get a high does this happen to anyone else?

The high I get can be likened to ecstacy and from very small doses!

Also, you could be experiencing "seotonin sydrome."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin_syndrome

Adderall is fun.

Pffff kiddy cocaine hurts my nose.

Look up Prozac, or any psychoactive drug, in the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference) if you want a list of the known side effects. Most of them only affect a tiny percentage of the patients, but you could be one of them. After all, somebody has to make up that group.

Apart from your cock basically stopping working....that's a fairly common one.

Apart from your cock basically stopping working....that's a fairly common one.

Oh man. I forgot about that!

Yes... at least when I was on Paxil I couldn't get off for shit. It would take forever to ejaculate.

Well, I suggest SSRIs if you get off too soon... or want the BJ to last forever.

Anti-depressents are designed to make you high. Think about it! DUH! :bugeye:

Btw, never try Effexor. It almost killed my wife... :eek:

Anti-depressents are designed to make you high. Think about it! DUH! :bugeye:

Not really. Dopamine is what gets you high. And, in general, anti-depressants work with serotonin.

Btw, never try Effexor. It almost killed my wife... :eek:

It never did a thing to me.

A lot of people died on it.

No doubt people have.

in general, anti-depressants work with serotonin.


I was waiting for someone to say that.

Pffff kiddy cocaine hurts my nose.


By the way, that is a clear indication of your coke being too cut.

A lot of SSRIs and drugs made by drug companies make you do fucked up shit.

Seroxat (known as something else in the US) apparently makes some people kill themselves, and haldol (used in mental institutions) gives people a violent urge to stab people, so much so that patients feel such pressure to stab someone repeatedly that they escape and stab people repeatedly until the pressure is relieved.

Electro shock treatment does nothing for mental problems but gives the patient amnesia and burns holes in their skulls so they have to be replaced with metal plates. We are still living in an age of quackery.

G. F. Schleebenhorst
and haldol (used in mental institutions) gives people a violent urge to stab people, so much so that patients feel such pressure to stab someone repeatedly that they escape and stab people repeatedly until the pressure is relieved.

:D LOL. I guess the simple answer is...DON'T FUCK AROUND WITH DRUGS

By the way, that is a clear indication of your coke being too cut.

It was speed, not actually cocaine.

It was speed, not actually cocaine.

I haven't done too much speed, so i wouldn't really know. But coke only burned my nose when it was really cut. When I used to do it, i couldn't even feel it in my nose, when it was good.

Adderol is just plain amphetamines.

I haven't done too much speed, so i wouldn't really know. But coke only burned my nose when it was really cut. When I used to do it, i couldn't even feel it in my nose, when it was good.

Heh, can't feel much on coke.

I spent a summer messing around with amphetamine and cocaine. My sense of smell is definitely regretting it.

I just regret it period.

I regret having been forced to take drugs when I was a teenager. They are not good for people. They just make the parents feel better, like a placebo effect.

Yes, pharmaceuticals are crap.

Anti-depressants are designed to make you high. Think about it!
I agree with TruthSeeker here - in a sense - though I'm sure that no physician or pharmaceutical company would like to hear it put this way. By definition, depression is a state of mind that makes you feel sad and depressed and the purpose of an anti-depressant is to make you feel happy again - or "normal" again would probably be the preferred professional wording for it.

Back in the early 60's of the Timothy Leary days you could get a prescription for LSD. Unfortunately - or rather fortunately for us, because of the less accidental harm to others - his crusade for the "Right to get high," or to put it in his own famous wording: "get high, turn on and drop out," led to the illegality of LSD, heroin, and other psychodelics. If these were legal today, the "irresponsibility" would be legal, and no one on psychodelics could be held responsible for their actions - like killing your mother or something. This is why strong pharmaceuticals are governmentally controlled substances and why you need a prescription for any psychotropic drug - because of the immature, irresponsible, nutcase idiots who abuse them.

So if you feel that you are "getting high" on Prozac, make sure you tell your physician the exact effects that you are experiencieng so that he can change or adjust your medication accordingly so that you are feeling "normal" - not "high" and out-of-touch with reality.

A lot of SSRIs and drugs made by drug companies make you do fucked up shit.

Seroxat (known as something else in the US) apparently makes some people kill themselves, and haldol (used in mental institutions) gives people a violent urge to stab people, so much so that patients feel such pressure to stab someone repeatedly that they escape and stab people repeatedly until the pressure is relieved.

Electro shock treatment does nothing for mental problems but gives the patient amnesia and burns holes in their skulls so they have to be replaced with metal plates. We are still living in an age of quackery.

"ECT Burns holes in their skulls", "Haldol gives people an urge to stab people??"
care to cite any sources for these claims? :confused:

Have you ever spoken to anyone who has had ECT?
You might want to try learning about what you are talking about, it tends to have an influence over the desire to make up bullshit stories. :mad:


Anti-depressents are designed to make you high. Think about it! DUH!

Btw, never try Effexor. It almost killed my wife...

"Duh!" They are designed to inhibit the reuptake of neurotransmitters, so they stay in the synapse for longer!

Just because your wife reacted badly to it, I assume from a rare reaction, doesn't discount the potential of a medication to help others.

Yes, pharmaceuticals are crap.

What kind of snake oil hippie are you? What do you suggest people use for treatment when they are suffering from a disease or disorder?

Chinese herbal medicine? African "Muti" medicine? Feng-shui? Spiritual aura realignment?

Western pharmaceutical medicines, in most cases, improve the quality of millions of lives, and save countless more.
Maybe you should "seek" out some clinical trials to get a bigger picture than the one you got from your wife.

Some people react to anti-depressants by experiencing elation to the point of hypo-mania or mania. If that happens, they should discuss it with their doctor.

Regarding the thread starter,
If you are taking anti-depressants just to get "high", then you sound desperate. Perhaps you should discuss this with your doctor.

By definition, depression is a state of mind that makes you feel sad and depressed and the purpose of an anti-depressant is to make you feel happy again - or "normal" again would probably be the preferred professional wording for it.


"By definition" you say, its a "state of mind".

That's like arguing that diabetes is only ever caused by a poor diet!

Maybe if you all understood the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of depression, you might not believe it was only a "state of mind".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_depression

Just because your wife reacted badly to it, I assume from a rare reaction, doesn't discount the potential of a medication to help others.
Huuum... I've seen commercials in the US saying that a lot of people even DIE from it.... :bugeye:

What kind of snake oil hippie are you? What do you suggest people use for treatment when they are suffering from a disease or disorder?
Herbs.

Western pharmaceutical medicines, in most cases, improve the quality of millions of lives, and save countless more.
Oh really? :rolleyes:

Maybe you need to get informed....

Evidence no1: Medical Guesswork (from Business Week online)
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_22/b3986001.htm

Evidence no2: Statistics prove prescription drugs are 16,400% more deadly than terrorists
The article is filled with citations of studies from various different bodies. You can find the above article in two places:
http://www.lookingglassnews.org/viewstory.php?storyid=1802
http://www.newstarget.com/z009278.html

Following the links, you can also find dozens more articles on the subject with many other citations.

Here's another one, related to evidence no1.

Evidence n03: TODAY'S AMERICAN MEDICINE: THE CURE
http://www.lookingglassnews.org/viewstory.php?storyid=6984

And...

Evidence n04: How the Drug Companies Want Us to Be Sick
http://www.lookingglassnews.org/viewstory.php?storyid=6069

Also, check out the following website:

Evidence no5: Bitter Pill Awards
http://www.bitterpillawards.org/

This one provides us with plenty of detailed information about the regulatory processes of the FDA.

Evidence n06: No-Hunger Bread
http://www.naturalcures.com/NC/ftc_horror_stories/no_hunger_bread.aspx

This can provide us with some information on how the government protects large corporations and how large corporations affect government regulation.


Maybe you should "seek" out some clinical trials to get a bigger picture than the one you got from your wife.
Clinical trials say what the industry wants them to say....:rolleyes:

People in the marketing business are constantly crossing the moral line to sell
their products and make profit.

Although mistakes have been made in the pharmaceutical industry, overall they are a lot safer and more effective than snake oil herbs that rely on the gullibility of consumers and the "placebo" affect to work.

Quite frankly, if you get many of your sources from a site that claims that innoculation/vaccination causes more harm than good, and claims pharmaceutical companies are creating mental disorders to sell their products,
it illustrates your point of view perfectly.

It doesnt change the fact that when people go to hospitals, they get treated with the medicine that has the greatest chance of working.

What do you think are the causes of mental illnesses, and how do you propose people with various mental illnesses use herbs to treat their symptoms?

and btw, if your fda is corrupt (and allows ads for antidepressants on TV that are designed to target everyone) that doesn't mean the rest of the worlds health industries are corrupt.

Are you aware that in a small minority of cases, marijuana can trigger and exacerbate psychosis?
Unfortunately, a lot of people feel that the only way of treating their depression is to smoke a lot of cannabis. In some susceptable individuals this can trigger psychosis or exacerbate their existing schitzophrenia.

I might add that having looked at (http://www.bitterpillawards.org/) i share the great concern of the marketing techniques used by many companies to sell drugs.
There obviously needs to be tighter restrictions on the advertisement of drugs in america.
In australia, you can't advertise prescription meds on TV.
A number of charities and mental health organisations who's goal is to help people and increase awareness, have ad campaigns to help them meet their goals, but are only allowed to conclude with "if you are concerned talk to your doctor".

"By definition" you say, its a "state of mind".

That's like arguing that diabetes is only ever caused by a poor diet!

Maybe if you all understood the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of depression, you might not believe it was only a "state of mind".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_depression
What brought this on? If I say that depression is a "state of mind," are you saying that you don't know what I am talking about? Apparently not. But what I'm saying is how we communicate in "normal" dialogue.

Dah!

Oh. So let me explain more precisely to satisfy your sudden unwarranted criticisms. The "pathology" of depression leads to a "state of mind" that we often refer to as "being depressed" or "depression."

Is is that time of month again for you now - on the rag - that you're inclined to whip, shred and backlash?

I'm gonna get Tom Cruise in here to be my expert witness

and the pathology of depression is often due to genetic factors that lead to neurochemical imbalances. It can also be due to environmental factors, but it is widely acknowledged that psychology is only one of the major components.

My criticism was related to my interpretation of your post as implying that depression is ONLY a "state of mind".

Perhaps we could agree that "state of mind" is related to both psychological and biological factors?

Psychological, physiological, genetic, environmental, chemical imbalances, physical injuries to the brain, serotonin reuptake inhibitors, monoamine oxidase inhibitors - I agree with everything you say here. I made no reference to causative factors in my post above.

Now it's getting late. So I think I'll take a few Prozacs and go to sleep.

Good night.

Funny you mention Tom Cruise, you see he believes that mental illnesses are a myth.

But I think we are on the same page so there is no point discussing him.
Besides, what better opponent to psychology and psychiatry than a ufo cult?

There is a great correlation between food and happiness. Eating junk food and binging are unhealthy for the body, and the symptom is depression. Eating moderately and eating healthy food is good for the aura and general health of the body, you feel better. Tom cruise is alright, he just needs to shut up once in a while.

I just threw in the comment about Tom Cruise just for a quick laugh. He was very much mistaken in his comments toward Brook Shields and has since apologized to her on national t.v. He himself has changed his viewpoint.

Okay, So what do I do about this everlasting craving for pizza that I have everynight?

I wouldn't recommend anti-depressants, everyone I know who has tried them, seams to have suffered more negative effects than positive. Mainly in that there becomes a reliance issue.

You're not supposed to feel anything but normal when taking medication. If you feel this way in the fist two or three weeks it may just be side effects that will disapate. Sometimes other disorders(ex. bi-polar affective disorder)
will respond negatively to SSRI's. They could send you into a manic episode.(Dancing on tables, love everyone, spending too much money). Visit the canadian mental health association web-site to find characteristics of different disorders. Whaterver goes up must come down and if you have another disorder you may crash hard. Call your doctor and be referred to a psychiatrist.