Posted by adamie on July 24, 2001, at 17:54:42
In reply to Re: Listening to Prozac vs your own experiences, posted by kid_A on July 23, 2001, at 13:47:51
> > For those people who have read "Listening to Prozac," I am interested in hearing your reaction to taking SSRIs compared to the case studies in the book. In the book, a number of individuals suddenly go from depressed, inhibited, sensitive, shy etc. to being popular, dynamic, attractive
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> I don't know -any- drug that makes you more -attractive- maybe it makes you less aware of your physical shortcommings... Anyways, What are we taking these drugs for? For the person who followed up, I don't understand not wanting to be depressed, yet wanting to be shy... There is a big difference between being reserved and being shy... When you are reserved, you have the option of talking to someone or not, depending on your mood, or weather the person is even worth your effort... Being shy means that you are more intimidated than actually having a choice...
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> I have always been a dynamic person, somewhat, within my limits, I now feel like I don't have any restrictions about talking to people, or general anxiety about human contact that I didnt wish to commiserate... I feel more free rather than numbed or deadened, and I havent even reached a point where the AD I am taking is at a therapeutic dosage...
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> Furthermore, though it may not be so, if I never cry due to some loss again, I will not miss that emotion... I still can feel emotion, I can feel great joy in a number of things tha I do, but If I can't feel sadness to the extreme that I felt it before, something so horrible that I had no idea how I was going to make it through the night until you cry yourself to sleep on the floor of your room... If I never experience even a tenth of that again, I will feel no loss.
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> just my 2 cents...Numbing works both ways. I would personally hate to have any sort of numbing effect on me even if it were to be mild.
Sure with this 'numbing' you may not be able to feel extremely sad due to an unfortunate life event, but this will limit your ability to experience great joy.
Any sort of numbing in itself I would find more depressing for me.
We really need to ask ourselves what type of depression do we have here? Being sad due to negative life events is normal. This is supossed to happen. If not then it's not human. People need to deal with their problems properly. Sadness in itself is not depression. Oh well I forgot what I wanted to say.
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