I’m middle aged. Since I was a teen I’ve had bouts of my life where I’d rather feel nothing at all than continue to be depressed. I’m on meds for anxiety already and have had depression throughout my life. I have never been on strong enough dose to make me feel numb but I hear people talk about it. Honestly, it sounds appealing. My life has been mostly negative with small periods of positive. On the whole, I think I’d be better off a robot than permanently end things, IYKWIM.

tldr - people sometimes complain depression meds make them numb, as a bad thing, but that sounds appealing to me. Has anyone done that on purpose and how was your experience?

  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 hours ago

    No, but you should talk to a doctor about these feelings. There may be other options for you. Different medicine or psychological treatments that may have better outcomes for you.

    There’s no single “happy pill” that works for everyone, and sometimes something that works for one person can make symptoms worse in other people.