Posted by IsoM on May 28, 2002, at 13:16:40
In reply to where is my sense of humor?, posted by katekite on May 28, 2002, at 11:19:44
What's weird, Kate, is I didn't realise I had much humour till I switched from TCAs to SSRIs for my depression. I appreciated humour before but never came up with any of my own. Now people think I'm hilarious - both friends & coworkers.
Much of it is unintentional. I just speak what I think is normal but I guess it has a twist they never thought of before & sets them off. The nice thing is that they're laughing at what they find funny, but not at me. I really appreciate it & love my role as 'class clown' now. I can't 'plan' to say something witty - it's the moment or situation that makes it come.
While SSRIs seem to stop the socially unacceptable impulsive speech that I used to blurt out before I thought (on the whole), it's released, instead, something that's comical in me. I quite like it. Many people have posted saying that SSRIs numb them emotionally. They do just the opposite for me. Maybe 'cause I do have ADHD, it affects me differently.
What do you take besides stims? Is it the meds that may be causing this?
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