Posted by desperately seeking on April 7, 2010, at 17:52:02
In reply to Re: SSRI Apathy Syndrome (Anhedonia)??? » MystifiedNumbess, posted by Deneb on January 23, 2010, at 22:30:44
Thanks for opening up the subject again after so long and sharing your story. I was touched by what you said about jumping out of an airplane because my numbness is so bad that this is something I've fantasized about doing to see if I can jolt myself! So it's good( well not good- but you know what I mean) to know that the experience with ssri's are universal.I wonder though..is your condition so bad that it's worth staying on these drugs and feeling numb?I took prozac, luvox, effexor, lithium and recently stablon (SSRE) over 7 years and I've been drug-free for 7 months and plan to stay this way. That's basically a decade of my life gone. I have no memories from this period. It's all a fog- like I've been in a deep sleep. The problem now though is that they say this apathy can last for years after stopping. I'm at my wits end- it's been one year and a half since I stopped the SSRIs and a few months since I last took the SSREs. I'm really hoping this will clear up with time. As it is now, I'm 25,living with my parents, I've been jobless since graduating university in 2006 despite graduating from a top university, no boyfriend, never had sex,couldn't care less about anything...
This should be a warning to anyone considering going on them.
Anybody had the same experience?
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