Posted by rgb on October 19, 2007, at 10:39:52
In reply to Re: Zoloft - Increased anxiety but feeling dumb » Wisekaz, posted by rvanson on October 18, 2007, at 3:30:45
Hello, I'm new. I will probably introduce myself later, but for now here's my experience on this topic:
I think that sertraline hasn't negatively affected my intelligence. Of course there is the problem of evaluating your brain with your brain... But I use my mind every day in my current occupation, so I think I would have noticed if there was any impairment. Quite the opposite, it has helped to restore my motivation.
There was some "being screened from the environment" effect, but IMO this seems to be purely emotional and *not* correspond to cognitive impairment, though you may interpret it as such!
A few other possible explanations for the differences:
- It affects everyone differently
- Maybe you *expected* it to make you dumb
- If you are acutely suffering from strong anxiety (which may be increased by SSRIs in the beginning, though it wasn't for me), of course your mental abilities will be affected
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