 Hey what's up you guys welcome back to my channel if you're new here. Hi, hello, I'm Lydia and I'm into health videos here on YouTube Today I wanted to talk about my experience with antidepressants Now I've been on a lot of different antidepressants in different combinations of antidepressant But before we get into this video I should clarify that I have bipolar disorder So antidepressants don't generally work anyway getting on with the video The first antidepressant that I ever tried was fluorosity and also known as Prozac. I had issues with Prozac. It may be really shaky, so shaky that I couldn't function. I had to time off college because of that medication When there was camombs, he actually told me to stop taking it. Prozac also induced me into a manic episodes Which just wasn't great. I got the idea that I could complete an entire assignment in a day when it was a three-week long setting. The second antidepressant I tried was Sitalopram Sitalopram had a similar effect. It didn't make me shakey, but it didn't even make me manic I was working at the time because I did a seasonal job. It made me unbearable to be around because I'd just talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk And everyone hated me for it. I would hate me for it I still hate them into small things The next antidepressant I tried was Sertraline. Now Sertraline didn't make me manic It made me into brass. It launched me into a depressive. Honestly, it made me into a depressive. I mean full-on depression. It just wasn't great. It made me It made me suicidal and that medication was the first one that I overdosed on So Sertraline was not a good mix for me Next up we have Metazepine. And Metazepine helped me with my sleep. Deep has been a problem for me my entire life I've always had problems sleeping. They've just got worse as I got older Metazepine did help me sleep. However, it did null it from my mood It didn't get me out of the depressive episode And I was on that when I started uni I started uni when I was on Metazepine back in 2016 Wow I've been doing uni for a long time Jesus This is going to be my sixth year Oh my God But yeah, it didn't get me out of the depressive So again, I did overdose on it Luckily Metazepine is a very safe medication If you overdose on it, it's not harmful really I'm not saying going overdose on it I'm just saying it's not as lethal as other medications I got hospitalised for that And they switched me back to Sertraline While I was impatient And then just pushed me to pay for down I was already at rock bottom It just, it felt even worse So they stopped that And for a brief time I was off for antidepressants And then at that time I got myself back up and functioning Then the next uni year, 3070 I always started on when the vaccine Now when the vaccine for me was okay I took it for Four years And I had no significant side effects It helped my mood a bit It made me a bit more cheery to be around It didn't change my life or anything It's not a life saver But it didn't send me back It didn't send me to bed And when I moved down to London I got hospitalised So I got overdosed on antipsychotic I got hospitalised And I was in miltoquines I got started on trisodone alongside The valence vaccine then Which helped a bit The trisodone made me very sleepy It just moved back to London And then they stopped the trisodone So I was only on it for a short period of time I feel like I'm atypically as an antidepressant I was on 50 milligrams of atypically It helped what I see massively However, it made me very slow It made me very slow down Too slow down to function and do normal things I was basically in bed all the time When I moved to the last year While I was inpatient I got started on vortexetine Which has helped a bit Again, not massively It's not been a life changer But it has helped And I still say that to this day For me, the only life saver Two life saver medications That I take The first is to have a paradigm The second would be a theme And then my life change in medication So, yeah There are lots of different antidepressants And different types of antidepressants For people to try And when I make videos like this My intention is purely to share my experience Not to put people off trying This is just what I went through So don't be afraid if your doctor recommends One of the medications I spoke about Just because I had a bad experience Of what doesn't mean that you were I know plenty of people who take All the medications that I've mentioned And they're doing amazing Medication is a game of trial and error Medication is not a one size fits all If it was We wouldn't have people in psychiatric hospitals So if your doctor recommends something Try it You never know It could change things for you It could change your life And if you went to Lithium When I was first mentioned I was very reluctant to try it again I had a bad experience with it in the past But when I did try it And it was done properly An increase, gradually, not just Whack on all those It worked really well for me Lithium changed my life And that's what my message to you is An anti-depressant could change your life So don't lose hope Thank you for watching this video And if you're new, subscribe We just hit a six train I'm going to be doing a giveaway soon Thanks for watching And I'll see you soon