First week of taking antidepressants #ADHD #Depression
It’s been nearly a week since I took antidepressants, and honestly I’m not entirely sure if it’s working.
A few things I’ve noticed is that my appetite decreased, I’ve been sleeping a little more earlier than usual, and I’ve also haven’t had feelings of emptiness since I took my antidepressants last Thursday. I’m not entirely sure if it’s just the medicine working or if it’s just myself.
Before the antidepressants, I had a huge appetite. I would always crave fast food or spicy chips like hot Cheetos, Takis, etc. It is one of the main reasons why I’m obese and why I’m very close to being diabetic. I’m not the type of person who eats when I’m stressed or when I’m sad, I just eat because I crave food and I can’t resist those cravings as hard as I try. I have no problem cutting sugar off of my diet, as I don’t really have a sweet tooth. I prefer salty and processed foods over sweet things like donuts, chocolate, etc. But now, I noticed that I haven’t been craving food as much lately. After eating a meal in the morning, I feel more satisfied and will not feel like eating more. Of course, occasionally I will eat something unhealthy, but it’s not in large portions compared to before. Again, I don’t know if this is just the medicine or just myself, but I will find out once I actually start losing weight.
As for my sleeping schedule, before I took my antidepressants, I would always sleep between 1:00 am -2:00 am mostly, sometimes at around 12:50 am because I have a hard time sleeping earlier than 1:00 am. However, I’ve noticed I’ve been slowly sleeping much more earlier than usual.
And lastly, I haven’t had feelings of emptiness since last week. Before the medicine, I would occasionally get feelings of emptiness when I’m bored, and usually I would try to keep my mind occupied when I get those feeling, but as of last week, I haven’t had feelings of emptiness.
The only thing I’m still struggling with is procrastination and lack of motivation. I’m still doing my homework at the very last minute, I’m still having a hard time getting any task started. That’s probably my ADHD. The whole reason why I’m depressed in the first place is because of my inability to start or finish tasks and procrastination. I know that if I were to get diabetes along with other health problems in the future, I would likely slowly end up being depressed and suicidal again which is what I’m trying to avoid.
I’m not sure if the antidepressants are working yet, but I’ll find out after a month maybe as I know antidepressants take time to actually work.