Posted by linkadge on September 23, 2006, at 11:24:05
In reply to Who has succesfully continued on without ssri's, posted by mike lynch on September 22, 2006, at 22:08:58
>I'm just wondering if there is anyone on here, >who has succesfully functioned after being on a >significant ssri trial.
I am functioning fairly crappy after SSRI's.
>Obviously, there are some, but I wonder how >*many* of those who feel they functioned fine >for most of there lives, except for maybe one >bout of depression they experienced, and maybe >took ssri's to get through it -- but getting off >of it they seem almost naked and life harder to >deal with then it was before.
Naked is the perfect word. Things that I would never have had problems with before have become problems. I don't go out, and I don't talk to people, because I am embarrased about my word finding difficulty. Though, before SSRI's I won several public speaking awards.
>Is there any belief that the reliance on ssri's >entail causes one to be to dependent on it, to the point where we aren't able to function >without it.
Exactly. The brain, and all of its function now depends on the presence of such a drug. You can't just alter one neurotransmitter without affecting almost everything else.
>Almost as if we relied on swimming devices to >learn how to swim, or to help us swim due to an >injury and when the injuries heal, and the >devices are taken away, are body just isn't able >to recall how to swim without the aids.Like steroids. When you're on them its great, but when you come off, everything just shrivels up.
>For what seems to be a bout of depression I >faced, one that seems to have vanished, it seems >off these "aids", things that were just minor >problems before drugs seem much bigger >obstacles, much harder obstacles.Quite a few have written on the propensity of certain treatments to worsen the long term course of psychiatric disorders.
>Have you ever had your eyes tested and told that >you needed glasses, when you thought you could >generally see fine. Then after wearing the >glasses for a long period of time, because your >vision has adjusted to the sharp vision, your >vision without the glasses -- which usually was >decent is now completely impaired.
Exactly. I did fine with squinting. Although, glasses never gave me insomnia.
>I'm truly curious as to how many people are able >to take ssri's for temporary problems and just >ween themselves off and be completely normal >afterwards.
There are a lot of people who have taken the drugs for essentially bad hair days, and now they are addicted, and withdrawl leads to problems that never existed prior to drug exposure.Linkadge
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