I hope this does not apply to you Mo!!!!

I didn't think it would be a problem for me and was advised by my Dr. to be careful about my mood. I declined a Rx for antidepressants.
I am a pretty happy go lucky type of guy but after reading the signs and symptoms it's not that I ever had suicidal thoughts but all the other things I did and still do have from treatment.
Makes me wonder if we really understand what depression really is?
If I do treatment again I think I might not be so quick to dismiss some help. Antidepressants may have helped reduce my hard time with peg/riba.
Just a thought for everyone.

I asked for anit-d's one month prior to starting. Still on them, doc wants to ween at three months. I strongly encourage people starting tx to begin anti-d's one month prior.

yes mo,i,m depressed but i,ve taken anti,s.i don,t like,them.as u,re self,i,ve usually a happy go lucky,but the evils of this world can put a damper,on that,happy go.keep faith in the lord.once we get over tx.we can return to some go go.hang in there like the little kitty,in the early 70,s poster,of cat hanging,by 1 paw on a knot from arope.jesus is lord

Other than the "suicidal" part, I'd check "all of the above."

those sysmptoms were the very reason I saw the psychiatrist prior to Tx - My suggestion would be to start antdepressants one month prior to Tx and stay on them until 9 months post at minimum, if you have ever experienced any of the symptoms for long periods of time prior to tx. I have a few friends who did the stoic thing and didnt take them for tx and they are still depressed and unmotivated a couple of years later. In retrospect they were a saving grace. fro me. I also have a few friends who didnt need them and are fine.

I've been on anti-d's for yrs prior to tx. Tx has made depression alot worse. My dose was raised after starting tx...no better...really gloomy.

Sorry to hear Mo...
I refused AntiDs and am glad I did. I am not saying it wasn't a hard ride without them...we are all familiar with ups and downs during tx, but think that last weeks and 2 months post tx were worst for me... talk about hitting the rock bottom... :((
...but then again, there are a lot of cons for taking antiDs...they do change brain chemistry, it's hard to stop taking them post tx... all meds help but affect sth else...

...dunno Mo, just my thought on the subject...not trying to go against the windmills here, and I know a lot of folks will disagree with me...but this what I think on the subject...

Like I said I didn't take them all through tx but now I look back the sides I was suffering sound a lot like the sides from depression, maybe that even contributed to my fatigue and I would have done anything to ease that.
If I do tx again I may consider trying then.

that's a good list. i was definitely depressed in treatment and didn't realize it. (and i was on an antidepressant !)

I guess they're talking about me because I've never seen such an accurate list. I think treatment just might make depression issues worse and I don't know if it continues to get worse each time you treat or not but it's definately something to think about. I'm not sure the doctors would admit if depression is a side effect for everyone on treatment but it's possible.

I took paxil after being on tx for 7 months because the rage in me was becoming a major issue. I quit taking it about 2 wks post and was a BIG mistake. Kicked me to the ground smething awful. Had to start again just to be able come off them. I think if your predisposed to depression then tx can compound it. I never would have taken them if outside tx issues had not come about.

I declined anti D when the doc offered them
when first I started treatment.
At 8 week I started taking anti D
By that time I had all the signs of depression.
Yes I did thing about suicide a lot.
As for anxious, yes I was seeing and hearing thing that
was not going on.
The anti Depressant help some no more thought of suicide.
But by the last to months of TX I was back to seeing and hearing thing.
By 3 months post TX I was off the anti depressants.
I'm doing Ok .

Hey ....what up?
Good question.
Real depression is a chemical imbalance - well, the current definition that we accept is that, at least.
So we 'treat' that imbalance with other chemicals....hoping to stuff their receptors full so the body's natural hormones can't stick.
blablabla...anyway, doesn't it all remind you of this?
"Give a man a fish...feed him for a day
Teach him how to fish...feed him for a lifetime."

Our bodies are amazing and can heal most things if we supply them with the nutrients to work better and stronger.
When we take chemicals that our bodies make, we tell our body to quit bothering with making them......in other words, we feed our body for a day instead of letting it work better on it's own and we actually make ourselves dependent on the handout and we forget how to make it naturally.
All drugs are chemicals and all chemicals are broken down in the liver, and for hep c people - the liver doesn't work as efficiently and so the chemicals build up and create a toxic overload.
I never take all the prescription that my doctor orders. Call me an outlaw!
But I know that my liver doesn't work like it used to, and so I usually take half a pill when two per day are prescribed.
that's just me.
but my friend just died from hep c, and would NOT cut down on the lasix (which none of us should be taking - we should take spirolactone instead), so her kidneys shut down and the toxins built up. Of course, all was blamed on the Hep C - no mention that perhaps she had been over medicated...............................
just be careful. We all like you.
p.s.
That's one of the reasons you can never just quit taking anti-depressives - your body cannot start making the natural stuff that it has now quit making, fast enough to avoid a crash.
(sounds like what will happen when the fossil fuel runs out, and we aren't ready...)
You know crying is one way to naturally rid yourself of excess serotonin - the chemical that anti-depressives block; so when they analyzed tears in the 90's, it was found tears contain high levels of serotonin. So, as weird as it might sound - crying it out really is 'crying it out.'
Oh, and it's ok for men to cry :)
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