Posted by polarbear206 on September 28, 2009, at 9:50:34
In reply to SSRI's and body weakness, posted by viper1431 on September 27, 2009, at 23:40:44
> Just wondering if anyone has any clues about why ssri's cause me to have extreme body weakness to the point it's really hard to get out of bed. My body feels so drained of energy and weak and sort of like i've just finished one hell of a weightlifting workout.
> I've been working on fixing my problems with depression and social phobia for 8 years and i've been on evry AD available in Australia, so the the ones that work are ssri's in that i feel better in my mind and i'm able to actually talk to strangers without pre-planning and stressing over everything i should say next, however it leaves me with the problem that although my mind is better my body just can't function anymore so i become bed ridden due to physical problems now instead of mental ones.
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> It happens on even the lowest doses, i'm currently taking about 12mg of zoloft (50mg tablet cut into quarters) It's been 12 hours since my last dose (which knocks me out cold for the night) and i'm strugglnig to even type now as my arms want to just fall off.
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> Anyone think of any reasons why the ssri's are doing this to me, all of them at that!
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> The TCA's just don't seem to improve my social phobia and the MAOI's cause me serious hypotension but even putting up with that they didn't improve anything but my depression, in Parnate's cause it made it worse.
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> Cheers
> JamesPerhaps a more activating AD, such as an SNRI. Have you tried Effexor or another in the same family?
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