Posted by Buckeye Fan on January 4, 2010, at 6:43:57
In reply to Re: New Year...New Plan, Advice needed.... » Buckeye Fan, posted by janejane on January 3, 2010, at 8:36:11
> > How was I different before PMeds?
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> > More filled with life and vigor.
> > More motivated...better able to concentrate. I was able to feel the appropriate emotion at the appropriate time ( good and bad emotions)
> > And while not always pleasant...at least I knew the feelings were genuine, and not being interfered with by the tranquilizing effects of Meds.
> > Mostly what I miss though....is the thrill of life, a zest for living and accomplishing. My once fast paced, high energy personality has been replaced with a withdrawn, cautious "safe" styling of living that refusue to take normal risks...interact socially with others properly..and ..well ...get EXCITED about anything? Does that make sense?
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> BF, this sounds a lot like SSRI-induced apathy. Laney recently started a thread about it here:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20091227/msgs/932193.html
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> Maybe some tweaking would work better than quitting. I quit last year and it's been it's been a struggle, though I'm still hoping to find a med-free answer to my depression. In hindsight, I think I should have tried just reducing my prozac dose while keeping my wellbutrin dose the same.
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> If you want to learn more, there should be additional threads about SSRI apathy if you search the archives.
Thanks for the link janejane....see my new post, I think It describes exactly what you are refering to...SSRI Apathy.BF
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