Posted by mattw84 on September 16, 2004, at 21:40:16
In reply to Re: Cymbalta Newbie and Psycho-Babble Newbie » mattw84, posted by iris2 on September 16, 2004, at 16:37:13
Serotonin syndrome essenstially means there is a serious excess of serotonin in one's brain. SSRI's allow the brain to sort of "soak" in serotonin, rather than allowing them to be 'reuptaken' and hence lost. The sydrome is the counterproductive to the goal, and often leads to depersonalization, euphoria, hypomanic type behavior, and a number of physical symptoms(fevers, twitches...). It can actually be fatal in some cases. If you have it, you would know it! It does not account for refractory depression however... sorry Irene.
However in your case it may just be that your ssri has lost it's efficacy, or your body has begun to make enough enzymes to render it's steady plasma state for you ineffective. It which case you can possibly increase your dose, or switch to a different one. IMHO people are far too reliant on the meds and fail to ever actually address the emotional causes of their depression. Most people who successfully escape depression seem to have found god, had an emotional epiphany, have success in therapy, or just eventually snap out of it. Not to say the antidepressants are not effective, just generally are not a very good permanent solution. I.E. You could live the rest of your life semi-happy with any varying number of side-effects from your medications, or directly address the cause (EMOTIONS!!) and hopefully not need the meds anymore!
I mean no offense to anyone here, I am just as dependent on my daily med cocktail as anyone else, just feels good sometimes to 'preach' what I can't make myself practice... Best of luck.
Matt
poster:mattw84
thread:391470
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040915/msgs/391774.html