In my case, I needed to push the pause button on ALL emotions until I was stronger to deal with them. I went off them when I was ready to deal.

@ADDiane It varies by person. Mine have never made me numb. It has just made my illness more manageable.

@alisontheread That's great

@ADDiane It gives me a longer fuse

@RobertSan1312 Makes sense

@ADDiane They certainly don’t make you happy.

@colourmesadder Lol nope

@ADDiane That's just not true. It's a common myth. The wrong ones are going to make you feel like shit. It can take years to find the right one with dosage. And it takes weeks for you to go up till they reach effectiveness. Finding the right one changed my life. (Lexapro + wellbutrin)

@Power2Control If it's true for me, then it's true. Not sure why it's confusing

@ADDiane Fuck, what is it like to be numb? I’m on so many meds but they don’t stop the feeling.

@jetpackxmas It's nice, if all you've known is emotional chaos

@ADDiane Fixed it: Antidepressants don't make me not depressed; they make me numb [which, in some cases is extremely valid to want that]. That's my take

@peteblackout There was nothing to fix

@ADDiane You’re right. But sometimes they’re needed.

@ADDiane @Cain_WTF_ Eventually though they numb you to everything you want to feel too, void of emotion that is the void to avoid.

@ADDiane Thinking makes me depressed Great Thank you

@ADDiane Well the truth, is that the right meds make it depression easier to handle. A lot of psych meds that less skilled, "professionals" claim will, "work" for patients make the person numb to their emotions, good or bad. Now that I am on the right meds I don't want to die, but the...

@ADDiane Nope not for me, But thats me. Everyone is different. For me, Yes it kept the depression at bay. But nothing was good, there were no highs. So I asked to be put on a gradual lowering dose to get off the drug. And learn dhow to deal with the lows and make the high's better.

@ADDiane My take: antidepressants that are making you numb are not the correct ones or correct dose for you.

@ADDiane That is absolutely spot on. They can keep you from killing yourself for a few years