Posted by Newquestions on December 21, 2009, at 11:34:24
In reply to Re: Is there hope for Post SSRI side effects? » Phillipa, posted by conundrum on December 20, 2009, at 21:32:17
Go to paxilprogress.org/general discussion and read the posts there. There is a lot of good advice for people who have "pooped out" on SSRI's and are in protracted withdrawal.
If you really are in "poop out," or what benzo people call "tolerance withdrawal", then your serotonin receptors have adapted to the drug and other drugs that affect sertonin won't help and might make you worse. I think the cycle goes like this:
1. Long term use of SSRI
2. Brain adapts to drug and increased serotonin
3. SSRI stops working and may make you worse
4. Patient must stop SSRI
5. Patient experiences protracted withdrawal syndrome, including head pressures, cognitive problems, memory loss, fatigue and adedonia.If you are in this cycle, adding drugs will only cause more damage. You have to go off the drugs and stay off of them! TCAs, MAOIs, other SSRIs, SSNRIs will not help. Some people report that fish oil and magnesium can help but don't take any drugs that affect serotonin or other neurotransmitters. Your body has to heal!
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