Posted by Elizabeth on March 26, 2002, at 21:55:47
In reply to Re: Anybody else hate tricyclic antidepressants? » Elizabeth, posted by Bob on March 25, 2002, at 0:23:57
Hi Bob. I think the symptoms you mentioned might be due to tachycardia (increased heart rate). It seems a little likelier than hypertension from SSRIs.
SSRIs do tend to cause panic-type anxiety a lot (especially for people who have panic disorder), with lots of peripheral symptoms. People sometimes feel very shakey and agitated (the big feature of panic anxiety, if you're not familiar with it, is feeling like you're having a heart attack or something). A lot of different people (independently) use the expression "jumping out of my skin" to describe the feeling. Could that be what you had?
Just some thoughts.
-elizabeth
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