Posted by Tabßitha on October 6, 2002, at 14:29:55
In reply to Any artists, musicians out there on meds?, posted by lawrence s. on October 5, 2002, at 20:23:47
Before meds, I used to do lots of creative things as hobbies: painting, played cello, ceramics, all kinds of fiber arts, etc. My brain would just constantly come up with ideas of things I could make, or images I wanted to paint. Also I was always doodling elaborate little designs. (Of course I rarely had the energy to carry projects to completion, but I did make a lot of stuff.) After meds, I just never get those ideas anymore. If I force myself to doodle, the doodles look totally different--flat, geometric, and uninteresting. This is one of the side effects my pdoc doesn't believe when I tell him about it. But I've gone off meds several times and each time the creative thoughts return, followed in a couple months by the depression. Very frustrating. It seems to be the SSRI drugs that cause this for me.
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