Posted by Else on July 4, 2001, at 12:32:17
In reply to Re: Effect of SSRIs » Else, posted by Kingfish on July 4, 2001, at 9:31:30
I don't want anything to do with SSRIs anymore. My theory is, they just freeze all your emotions, good and bad and I guess that's o.k. if you're severely depressed--It's better to feel indifferent than to feel horrible, obviously--but as you begin to recover, it becomes increasingly frustrating to see that things are grey-er than they were before. I found they stripped me of all passion. And the whole time I was on Zoloft I frequently thought of suicide which had rarely been the case before. I actually did attempt suicide, even though I had been on Zoloft 100mg for 6 months. I'm not saying the Zoloft made me do it, but I am saying it certainly didn't help.Anyway I hate these drugs. At best they don't help and at worst they make me want to kill myself. However I do tend to have idiosyncratic reactions to drugs. I know most people don't feel that way on SSRIs. But they still suck.
> Else:
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> I was just going to post a query to this effect. I have just switched to Prozac from Celexa (it wasn't controlling my depression) and have tried Wellbrutrin in the past. I stopped Wellbrutrin very quickly and am on the verge of stopping the Prozac quickly, too, for the same reason:
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> I am turning into a major bitch again.
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> I am irritable, and agitated and the smallest things are driving me insane.
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> It's so noticable, it's bizarre.
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> I've changed overnight on both of these drugs and I find this side effect to be unmanageable if it doesn't go away toot sweet.
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> What have you found?
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> - K.
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