Posted by BLUED251 on May 31, 2005, at 13:56:08
In reply to Re: Ok, I'm back, bad It should improve, i hope, posted by linkadge on May 29, 2005, at 15:48:42
WOW!! LINKADGE, your story reads exactly like my experience..My life has grinded to a halt since starting meDication treatment in univeristy when I was 21. At that time I suffered a concussion which led to all kinds of depressive/obsessive thoughts about potential brain damage. All I wanted to do was sleep. So, like most people here I was given a script for an SSRI.
What I remember most about this time and what strikes me most about your post, is that when I got off of the first SSRI 6 months later there were all of a sudden a whole host of problems I never had before. NONE of these things had anything to do with depression or OCD thoughts. Weeks after ending treatment I started suffering from increased auditory sensativity, memory problems (which always fade the second I try another SSRI), chronic muscle tension, and the WORST SYMPTOM is an inablility to WALK correctly. Just like you my body just doesn't know how to take those first couple of steps correctly. My balance is off all the time, (CREATING CONSTANT ANXIETY AND INCREASED PULSE), and only subides slightly when I take an SSRI and more specifically Effexor (arguably the most potent SSNRI/SSRI out there.)
LINKADGE, the symptoms you are describing fit my sitation exactly. For me I am now turning 27 having lost all control over my life and my bodies natural responses since the day I started taking my first SSRI. Memory, balance, constant uneasiness are the symptoms that always leave me calling for another SSRI. Something is very suspect about our young bodies reactions to these meds..I would like to talk to you further about this. If anyone else has any insight it would be greatly appreciated as well.
Thanks guys
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