Anti-depressants

[Kiera]

Why was Prozac prescribed to you? I don’t mean to sound funny, but I think anti-depressants should only be prescribed if the person is already in a suicidal depression. The fact that it made you suicidal makes my brain hurt. Prescribed for anxiety instead of depression?

The hardest part about living after having survived depression is the constant fear of it coming back. It has been over 10 years since I survived and conquered the state of mind for which I was taking Zoloft. When things seem hard now, I remember how the drug helped me release all the negative thoughts about myself and I can manage to do that without help to get through it. Even still, I have the terrible nagging feeling: continue to pretend everything is OK, otherwise, suffer the free fall nightmare of depression.