Posted by SLS on June 5, 2005, at 10:43:22
In reply to least dumming AD's, posted by linkadge on June 5, 2005, at 1:21:11
> I know that depression can affect your cognition, but so can these medications. Of all the SSRI's you have taken, which have affected your cognition the least ??
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> Even though effexor should (in theory at least) affect cognition the least I found it made me extrodinarily foggy ??What about Prozac?
I have not tried Luvox nor Celexa. Effexor did make me feel numb and foggy in the beginning, but it dissipated after a few months while taking 300mg. I guess I was lucky.
Zoloft seemed to be OK. I don't remember having trouble with Prozac, although it has been some time since I have tried it. I might not have been as tuned-in to my cognition then as I am now.
Everyone is different in the way they react to medication - trite, I know - but it has become something of a mantra here. However, I believe you will find trends in the way a particular drug affects people. This was a good question to ask. I look forward to reading the responses.
As an aside, I am surprised by how many people have so far answered my question in a negative manner regarding their feelings towards Effexor, despite discounting its potential for producing a withdrawal syndrome upon discontinuation.
If you ever decide to lean in the direction of TCAs, I suffer absolutely no negative effects on cognition with nortriptyline. Imipramine made me dumber than I already am. Desipramine seems to be neutral, as does trimipramine. That's me.
- Scott
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