Posted by bulldog2 on September 27, 2009, at 19:06:33
In reply to meds and emotional numbing, posted by atypical on September 26, 2009, at 11:38:34
> So one of my good friends told me that I haven't been "me" for the last few months. This coincides about the time I started taking Nardil. She said I had more spark before or something. Ironically, I probably was more depressed back then. She said I don't seem to feel anything. And she is so correct. For the past few weeks I haven't really felt much emotion. I even started dating someone and have no feeling for her. No excitement. (Maybe it's her!) And my libido is, of course, very low due to meds. Even best friend, to whom I am attracted, I no longer have have strong feelings of "love" for. Or they are fleeting. This is an awful way to be. But I don't want to be depressed.
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> Does anyone else feel this way on Nardil or any other medication? Does it effect your relationships?
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> Nardil 75mg (on Nardil for past 2-3 months)
> Lithium 900mg (augmenting agent for depression)Sometimes the way we are brings us great psychological pain. That might be the way people know us but we have a right to seek a solution to that pain. The result may be some changes that people are not used to. It does bother me that some people think they have to stay the way they are as if it is written in stone somewhere.
Some lose weight if they are obese. Some even seek out plastic surgery to correct a feature that they feel is ugly.
So why can we not change something about our character that brings us pain? Sometimes people like us because there is something they can control or manipulate. So if you change that they are not pleased.
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