-- Posted by Anonymous at 8:03 am on Aug. 19, 2008 Since I have been feeling depressed, I have not been able to sleep. I'm planning on going to the drugstore today and getting anti-depressants. I hope I don't need a prescription from my doctor  .  Or maybe there are some on the shelf that do not need to be prescribed. Will these things also help me sleep? -- Posted by FiercexMelon at 8:03 am on Aug. 19, 2008 Yes, and they'll make you never want to wake up. -- Posted by Arcarius at 8:03 am on Aug. 19, 2008 Nope. Get melatonin. Easier to get and far more effective. It's available in vitamin shops. -- Posted by its only me at 8:04 am on Aug. 19, 2008 they should do :) good luck -- Posted by AthenaRuth at 8:04 am on Aug. 19, 2008 No, sometimes they have the opposite effect and will keep you up. I'd go with warm milk. -- Posted by FiercexMelon at 8:04 am on Aug. 19, 2008 Oh, and you do need a prescription because generally, they're for people who are actually depressed. Wouldn't sleeping pills be ideal? -- Posted by robdude at 8:05 am on Aug. 19, 2008 not really -- Posted by marshmellowman at 8:05 am on Aug. 19, 2008 You need a prescription for anti-depressants. If a doctor has diagnosed you they'll be able to help you. But no, anti-depressants don't help with sleeping problems. -- Posted by deaths door14 at 8:06 am on Aug. 19, 2008 nah sometimes they keep you awake, i'd just opt for sleeping pills. -- Posted by baileysababy6 at 8:09 am on Aug. 19, 2008 the only way to get anti-depressants is by a prescription from a doctor. you need to be evaluated and deemed depressed. just because you all of a sudden have some stress in your life that's putting you in s slump, yo're not clinically depressed. the medicine balances the chemicals in your brain. since yours are balanced, they wouldn't do anything but possibly make you high. and no, they don't help you sleep. and if you're wondering how i know all this, i was on them for 2 years. i hate people who make a joke about anti-depressants. get some sleeping pills. you don't have a chemical imbalance unless a physiatric doctor tells you you do. -- Posted by Sheebobee at 8:09 am on Aug. 19, 2008 sleeping pills help you sleep -- Posted by Cyanotype at 8:15 am on Aug. 19, 2008 Pain medicine works for me, not that Tylenol shit either. -- Posted by Al Legator at 8:16 am on Aug. 19, 2008 Avoid drugs if you can- they are all temporary and can sometimes bring on different problems. In general, try keeping the same bedtime each day, have a little ritual before bed-mine is reading in bed. Warm milk sometimes helps (mine is chocolate!) but too much interrupts your sleep by getting you up to go to the bathroom. Have a dark, quiet room if you can and get up the same time in the mornings, even on weeekends. Avoid exercise and food before going to bed. http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-hygiene