Posted by Questionmark on June 7, 2003, at 3:33:11
In reply to Re: Important Question-- SSRIs, etc., posted by bookgurl99 on June 7, 2003, at 0:53:43
> You know questionmark, part of the issue is that once you have brain damage, it's harder to remember what your brain used to be like. It would be hard to evaluate.
That's a good point.
> At this point, having not taken anything for a month after having taken about 5 year's worth of SSRI's and one atypical AD, I feel that my brain is normal as it always was. Howevever, I have gone through periods after withdrawals where I seemed manic (even though I don't have a BP dx), or where I had problems with memory, involuntary muscle twitches, headache, and learning. These all returned to normal with time.
Wow, only one month off after 5 years of being on SSRIs and you feel fine? That's great. Weird though.
> Is there any med in particular you're looking at? Are you looking to treat anything in particular.?Well i'm curious in regard to meds in general, but particularly Paxil (or any SSRI) and Nardil. i was on Paxil for about 2 years and, i can't really tell, but i feel as though i've never been the same since stopping it-- like it's more than just "relapse", like i'm more messed up than i would be. There are so many factors (esp. psychological) involved though, that it's hard to tell. But what IF, you know?! i mean it certainly seems POSsible. But i duno. i hope not. ... But i really WANT to know, and there seems to be so little information on this sort of thing (long-term effects/changes/damage from an SSRI or what have you).
Oh and i am highly considering going on Nardil, and maybe for awhile (months/couple years?). And since Nardil dramatically increases the levels of serotonin in the synapse, as SSRIs do, i am even more concerned about whether it may have long-term consequences (not to mention it virtually obliterates REM sleep-- who knows if thats somehow harmful at all).
"Are you looking to treat anything in particular?"
Yes: stupidity, slowness, incompetence, ADD, depression, social anxiety, indecisiveness, scrawniness, the myriad of problems that come w/ OC-Personality disorder, procrastination, lost youth, regret, inferiority, self-hatred...
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