I’m making this post so other people don’t make the same mistakes I did. Celexa(SSRI) ruined my life.

I hit a rough patch in life but overall the “depression” I thought I had was nowhere near what I experience now. Not even close. My depression is 100x worse.

This drug absolutely destroyed my memory. I’m 12 months off and I still can’t remember my life at all like I just woke up from a coma. The drug gave me brain damage and turned me into an addict. I was on my way to “making it” in my field but they ruined my career. They ruined my health. I went from being fit to gaining 100lbs. They ruined my friendships. They made me totally okay with my life spiraling out of control. I never seriously thought about killing myself before taking these drugs, but now it’s all I think about. I racked up 25k in debt. I couldn’t even comprehend the damage they did to my life until I came off of them. I thought they were HELPING me. They turn you into a different person. They make you avoid your problems.

These drugs are extremely dangerous. In my opinion they should only be prescribed to people in psych wards and for a couple years max. You lose touch with reality on these drugs.

Please seriously consider the risks of these drugs. They rewire your brain. It can be a years long process to get off of them. They can destroy a promising life. Doctors will not tell you ANY of the risks.

These drugs completely destroyed my life and my career, and turned me into an addict. They made me hate my life and want to kill myself, which I never did before taking them. They destroyed all my motivation and drive to succeed in life, and made me comfortable/completely oblivious to my life crashing and burning. I was extremely motivated, driven and got a 4.0 in college.

The withdrawal process is also insane and takes years of hell to do correctly, which doctors will never tell you. They also cause birth defects, heart problems, dementia, kidney failure and liver failure.

The idiots in the pharma industry have not properly tested or studied these drugs which literally rewire the brain. They are also not smart enough to understand all the variables of rewiring a human brain unnaturally.

Unless you aren’t going to survive the night or have a plan to kill yourself, I would strongly advise against taking them. These drugs are absolutely demonic and will rob you of years of your life.

This is a public service announcement about SSRI’s.

These drugs absolutely ruined my life. They destroyed my reward system and turned me into an addict. They made me lose my career. They destroyed my health. They made me unable to care about or see my life deteriorating around me. They destroyed all my drive and motivation to fix my life. They destroyed all my confidence. I was not suicidal before I took these drugs. Now I am because of what they did to my life. I will never be the person I was before I took these drugs. I had no idea what REAL depression was before I took these drugs.

Anyone who says these drugs work has not built up a tolerance yet. They stop working well after about 2-3 years.

If you’re thinking about taking them, consider that the side effects are potentially way worse than the depression you’re experiencing right now. If you’re a woman, you cannot get pregnant on these drugs (they cause birth defects) and they can take YEARS to get off of. Doctors will not tell you any of this shit. Biggest regret of my entire life is ever taking these drugs.

They made my depression 1000x worse. Unless you have a plan to kill yourself, or are seriously considering it, get therapy first.

These drugs are harder to get off than heroin. I’ve been in withdrawal for 10 months and I tapered them correctly.

The medical industry does not warn you about how bad these drugs are. Doctors do not even know. I hope someone will be helped by this post.