Posted by KS on April 7, 2001, at 12:18:12
HI GUYS,
I'VE READ QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL BLUNTING EFFECTS OF MOST ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS. THEY REMOVE THE DEPRESSED/ANXIOUS FEELINGS - TOGETHER WITH ALL THE NEUTRAL/POSITIVE ONE'S TOO! THIS PHENOMENON IS OFTEN CALLED THYMO-ANESTHETIC. I'M A "HARD TO TREAT" DEPRESSIVE (aka 'TREATMENT RESISTANT') SO I'VE DONE MY ROUNDS IN TERMS OF DRUG TRIALS OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. THE ONLY DRUGS THAT ALLEGEDLY DON'T HAVE THIS EFFECT ARE DOPAMINERGIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS LIKE PARNATE, AMINEPTINE, SELEGILINE, ETC. WHAT DO OTHERS HAVE TO SAY? LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. KS
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