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Mental Health Do you regret taking SSRI's?

I regret taking SSRI's in the first place when i was 13. I feel as though had I never taken them, I wouldn't feel like i needed them to function now. I was prescribed Prozac at the age of 13, and have been on and off various SSRI's for 10 years. The most recent one i was on was Escitalopram. It made me more social, confident, less suspicious and less anxious. But i also felt as if i wasn't "myself", i felt a little slowed down, and had no sex drive. I was always going on and off the medication because i would read studies online about the long term effects of the drugs and get worried i was damaging my brain. But then i would feel like like i needed them to be "normal" and would start taking them again. So i've been off escitalopram for 4 months now, and i feel like a shell of a person. I don't know if its depression, the pills, drugs or something else that have fucked up my brain, but i cant feel sad anymore, i don't feel any type of connection with people anymore, i can barely concentrate, i don't get any satisfaction from anything, i don't really care about anything or anyone. It feels like a piece of my my mind is missing.
 
No, I don't at all. When I started them 6 years ago, I was clinicaly depressed, self harming and I not only contemplated suicide constantly, but I tried taking an overdose and cutting my left wrist. (I missed my artery by 0.5 mm I'm lucky to be alive).

Of course I'm dependent on them, but I know I need them; I never want to feel that low again.
 
i had pretty horrible experiences on anti-depressants with some minor positive effects which just didn't outweigh the negative side effects

although like some people said im uber curious when it comes to drugs and am happy i was able to experience them to see what it was all about
 
i got impaired libido by 8months fluoxetine, and now, 4 years later, its recovering, but it still takes very long to reach orgasm with intermittent erections... the serotonin boost was interesting for appreciation of things and cognition
 
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