Honestly, I regret going on SSRIs at a young age (14). I had a lot of side effects that I didnāt yet have the vocabulary to describe. I also feel like I blindly trusted psychiatry a little too much, by not looking into the pros and cons. I feel like I have some permanent brain fog and sexual dysfunction, but itās impossible to tell whatās actually from the SSRIs.
But theyāre very effective. To this day, my psychiatrist still insists I should go back on SSRIs (heās known me since I was 15, Iām 21 now) and that I was doing better when I was on them.
If you have bad depression and a developed frontal lobe SSRIs may very well be the right decision for you. I donāt want to sound like Iām completely against it or scare you because these can be life-saving drugs.
That being said, Wellbutrin has a much milder side effect profile but is less widely effective (they work well for some people, but less people). Iām on it now and I donāt have any bad side effects. It also has the added bonus of doubling as a smoking cessation aide, which is good if you have a nicotine problem.
See what works for you. If SSRIs have too many bad side effects for you, try a different class of antidepressant. If Wellbutrin is ineffective, try SSRIs.
Everyone is affected differently.
