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Coming from a girl with clinical depression, it's definately ok for guys to cry. I like guys that at least have the ability to excrete liquid from their tear ducts. Be it salene or other.

My anti-depressants were that way for a long time. And as much as I hate the word "tweak" now, they may need to "tweak" your dosage. Meaning, basically, play with the milligrams until you're good again.

Mind if I ask you what medication it is?

When I'd miss a dose or two of Prozac, often I'd find myself getting upset and crying intentionally as a sort of release. I get the feeling like the Prozac is sort of holding back my emotions, making it easier for me to keep things bottled up. Compared to how I react to things without any medication, I DEFINITELY prefer having my feelings bottled up. I don't even really miss crying over things, even though it's certainly healthy. I think I'm fine being as stoic as I've become. Crying and being emotional is okay, but in my opinion it's perfectly healthy to not cry over anything.

I have this problem too - I can't ever seem to cry when I need to.

I haven't come up with a solution. I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone.

i went through a period like tha after my dad died took 5 yrs to break out of it. and i dont think ive stopped crying since. Sometimes it just takes a while to replenish

Hey!!! Me too!!!
I've been on it for... oh good, I wrote about it in my Gaia Journal, since May 28.

What time do you take it at?
I take mine with breakfast, so around 7:30am - 8:00am ish.
Say if I watch the Wizard of Oz at around... 4:00pm, I won't cry. But if I watch it at 10pm, I'll bawl my eyes out.

I don't know how long Cipralex lasts for, but I can tell you that Cipralex has worked miracles for me. It took a while, quite a while, but really I wish I had started taking years and years ago.

(also, I'm on other stuffs, so that may affect my ability to cry, but I know for sure Cipralex has helped... I think you just have to get used to it)