Posted by Kathleen6674 on August 29, 2001, at 22:46:02
I've been on Celexa 20mgs a day, for just over two weeks.
I feel a little better - greater sense of well-being,
not as zombieish as I was prior to this, when I was on
Serzone (don't get me started on sleeping 14-16 hours a
night, leg cramps, and constantly being on the verge of
tears - that med was a colossal failure for me).I still feel "numbed out" (and not just sexually. What IS
it with SSRIs?) - I don't feel *as* depressed, although
I'm still waiting for the full effects to kick in - I know
it takes up to 8 weeks for that to happen. But anyway,
I still have little focus or motivation, have a very hard
time getting things started, which is a problem since
I'm trying to find a job. It's an enormous effort to start
anything, and then I never seem to get any momentum to
carry on through and finish things.I've had probs w/each of the anti-d's I've been on:
-Prozac, made me hypomanic, gained 30 pounds, sexual probs,
then numbed me out and stopped working as an anti-d-Wellbutrin, worked a *little* but gave me panic attacks,
jitters, GAD. Did help me shed 14 of the Prozac pounds before
side effects bothered me too much.Serzone - total zombie, *worse* than before; claustrophobia
after one beer, chronic leg cramps, muscle weakness
(could NOT exercise at all, hence gained some weight back).I've been told that Wellbutrin and Serzone are the only
ones that don't cause weight gain and sexual dysfunction
(or worse problems).Right now, I'm hoping the Celexa will work, but I'm wondering
what people have done to counteract the no motivation thing
and/or the weight thing and the sex thing.I'm starting to think I'll NEVER have a fully functioning
life - I can be suidical, but thin and orgasmic, motivated
but manic and fat and unable to cry, or a weak, hypersominiac
lump who sobs continuously.Someone tell me things can work, please!
poster:Kathleen6674
thread:76909
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