Posted by JohnL on June 11, 2000, at 4:39:21
In reply to Akinesia (slow moving) on SSRIs (Celexa), posted by PeterJ on June 11, 2000, at 3:04:01
Peter,I might be over reacting. But I personally wouldn't--no way, no how--stay with any medication that did to me what Celexa is doing to you. I mean, I've been on so many medications and I'm no stranger to side effects. But that particular kind of side effect sounds scary to me.
As to the technical biochemical cause of the depression--5HT2, basal ganglia, etc--well, that's beyond my knowledge. So I can't comment one way or the other. But I do feel that theories similar to that aren't all that helpful. What is more helpful to me is to utilize clues from medication reactions to steer us in a direction toward a more appropriate medication. Results are all that matter in my world. We all have different ways of looking at these things, and I don't think there are any rights or wrongs.
The end result is all that matters to me. Based on your body's reaction so far to Celexa, Prozac, and Traz, it seems to me better results might be waiting in a different class of medication. There's something funky going on in your case that these serotonin meds are influencing in an undesirable--and scary--way. I don't know, maybe I'm over reacting.
JohnL
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