Dual Diagnosis Support Group

has anyone here become dependent on antidepressants like my ex

wellbutrin made him Manic and he became like an addict which

in turn increased his drinking, smoking etc...

I was hooked on prozac for manny years .. Couldn't live with out it if I missed a dose everything crashed ... then they kept adding more meds and if I didn't take them I couldn't function and then I took myself off them all wheni quit meth ... for 4 yrs I was un medicated just now started taking lithium again and xanax to try to ballance me ... even though when it ballances me it pretty much keeps me depressed ... but at least I am not crying for no reason all the time ..

Sorry for the rant ... to answer your question yes .. People like the way the make them feel

I haven't been hooked on any antidepressants but I wanted to say that usually if people are properly medicated with a mood stabilizer along with the antidpressant it doesn't cause the mania. I have almost always been on a mood stabilizer along with the antidepressant so I haven't had the mania, most of the time. I was less than honest with a GP once and didn't tell him I was bipolar, only told him I was depressed and needed Prozac so for 3 years I was only on the antidepressant. I was pretty manic or maybe hypomanic would be more like it. I can see how someone would like that and want it to continue. But if the medications are properly perscribed with a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant, the manias don't happen. Usually. I took Welbutrin for a long time, with a mood stabilizer. It worked great. It just stopped working after a year or so. (That's what happens with all meds with me, they stop working after a while.) So, I stopped taking it. It can be a very good med if perscribed properly. So can Prozac.

I believe if you are honest with you pdoc he can rx the correct meds. If you are using no meds are going to work correctly. My med combo has been switched many times but as long as I am honest with my shrink I trust in him that he will rx the correct meds and I take them as rx. This took me many years to get this in my head that this is what I need to do.

I believe if you are honest with you pdoc he can rx the correct meds. If you are using no meds are going to work correctly. My med combo has been switched many times but as long as I am honest with my shrink I trust in him that he will rx the correct meds and I take them as rx. This took me many years to get this in my head that this is what I need to do.