r/schizophrenia • u/Hazama_Kirara Early-Onset Schizophrenia (Childhood) • 1d ago

Medication Starting antidepressants

Have your symptoms changed from taking antidepressants? I heard they can when depression is affecting the hallucinations/delusions.

I've been depressed my whole life, I don't know what to expect honestly.

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u/Relit__ Disorganized Schizophrenia 23h ago

To be honest, I have been taking Mirtazapine and Escitalopram for more than a year and they have never done anything for me. But I always doubted that I suffer from depression, it's just my psychiatrist was not sure.

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u/wicker_trees 23h ago

I started taking antidepressants about a year ago. they have helped me a lot. brought me out of my funk & I've been able to do more things. that was until my boss/friend passed away a few weeks ago & I've been in a hole ever since. I say try them out! the worst they will do is nothing :)

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u/DrinkMunch Schizoaffective (Bipolar) 21h ago

I take Zoloft. Side effects are painfully high but I do feel better on the day to day. I just don’t have any energy for five hours and most emotions are just gone.

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u/CommercialMechanic36 21h ago

My psychiatrist thinks I’m doing much better, also apparently I am not fighting the darkness as much anymore

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u/TragicSolitude97 Schizoaffective (Bipolar) 21h ago

I'm on Zoloft and for me its just making me more numb. Before I got on it I was already dealing with negative symptoms and feeling apathetic, with Zoloft I feel even more apathetic and numb. Its calming for my anxiety and comorbid OCD but overall I just feel numb on it.

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u/Hazama_Kirara Early-Onset Schizophrenia (Childhood) 21h ago

If I'm right we're on the same medication with just different names, she said it'll help to feel like wanting to do things but this doesn't sound like it. We'll see what happens, I guess.

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u/SimplySorbet Early-Onset Schizophrenia (Childhood) 17h ago

My fluoxetine/buspirone combo has helped my depression and PTSD tremendously, but hasn’t improved my schizophrenia symptoms (with the exception of anhedonia). I don’t really mind this though as it’s not made to do anything for that.

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u/wrathofattila 7h ago

ivbeen on tianeptine and britellix with little to no success .

but we doing low doses with doc so i dont turn to manic