Medication interference?

[ajna]

I've just started taking a new antidepressant and I am noticing that it has become difficult for me to use any of my abilities that have come so naturally to me in the past (TK and any form of energy manipulation/assertion especially). Has anyone else had similar problems with their medications (any kind, not necessarily just for chemical imbalances), and if so what did they inhibit and what did you do about it?

[zilith]

I've never had any problems with medication (though I haven't done much magic working or meditating when I've been on meds). It may just be your mind thinking that the medication will supress your abilities and so it does. As to what you can do, I'm sorry I'm not much help.

[monk3y]

This is fairly normal ajna, something that is tied to you emtionally is bound to cause some problems. There is no doubt though that you will adjust over time. Most anti-depressant are a slow process of getting to a balance that works.

I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery :)

[teishabee]

I find its my depression that hinders me from my practise and not my meds.

[Mithrea]

Yup. Prozac turned it alllll off, made it impossible for me to do anything. Anything creative or magical just went out like a light. I'm going to disagree with some of the posts above me and say if you are experiencing something like that, it may not be the right medication for you. Give it the 2-4 weeks that it normally takes for those to fully kick in and if it's still hindering you, then talk to your doctor about trying something else. In the long run, a medicine that puts a bandaid on the depression, but keeps you from being your normal self will just be more destructive . . . at least it was for me.