Shambles
Bluelight Crew
I was INCREDIBILY angry on Mirtazapine and tried doing myself in. When I screamed and throw a toaster across the room, then absolutely sobbed my heart out as if the world was about to end, I knew it was time to ditch that crap n went back to citalopram. Anytime was better than Mirtazapine. I'd have either been in a loon bin or jail if I'd kept on that stuff.
Best hope you never need inpatient detox then cos guess what they gave me as the only other 'comfort med' besides paracetamol? One orange flavour fizzy mirtazapine tab per night - supposedly for the sedative effects plus the appetite enhancing effects (the antidepressant effects would never really have a chance to kick in over just a week's use). Didn't do a great deal of anything for me frankly but is the least offensive SSRI I've ever tried. Which is not saying much admittedly.
I've never take stims but I took opiates n because it's better than the complete emptiness of life where every minute seems like a whole life and you're waiting for bed so you don't have to existing feeling that endless shite called life - they make life worth living. That was my reasoning along with a few others, and I can't speak for others but escapism I'd imagine - pretty much what Shambles said.
Oddly enough the drug I'd most closely compare to being on SSRIs is being on methadone. Both zombify you and make you feel dead inside. Both also make life possible if you accept you will never feel happiness or joy ever again (until you stop taking them and get over the months of withdrawals anyway). Opiates are surprisingly similar to SSRIs in some ways. They deaded emotion which does have its uses but is no way to live a life longterm. Opies are better antidepressants than SSRIs (in my opinion) because at the very least you can leave off taking your daily dose for long enough that when you do take it you feel... something approaching pleasure even if only for a brief while.