Posted by morgan miller on January 29, 2011, at 11:31:31
In reply to Re: I think im stopping my meds, posted by linkadge on January 29, 2011, at 8:07:05
>Of course I am speaking in conjecture, but I do believe that a very high percentage of people taking full dose SSRI monotherapy will eventually experience emotional numbing, in some way shape or form.
I agree. I do think the emotional numbing can be minimal enough to make SSRIs a pleasurable enough experience for many people to want to stay on them. I also think the emotional numbing can come and go so that it is not there all the time. And, with some extra efforts to do improve well being on the part of the patient, the emotional numbing may be able to be reduced some. Some emotional numbing might be necessary anyway in therapy as emotional instability was a symptom that was problematic to begin with. Enough of my little SSRI advocate rant.
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