Posted by morgan miller on January 20, 2011, at 21:37:02
In reply to Re: Prozac isn't kicking in... » morgan miller, posted by Conundrum on January 20, 2011, at 5:54:18
>I chalk most of my cognitive problems to taking an SSRI as a teen.
I do think that these medications may be more likely to cause more severe reactions both short term and long term when administered while the brain is still developing. The same goes for recreational drugs.
>I can't say what it was doing was even worth it, it was so fleeting, its just i would look at something and it would trigger a memory or feeling, it was like being in black and white with ocassional bursts of color. I know its hard to explain to someone who is used to rating things on a scale of calm to nervous, or sad to happy, stable to manic, but for me that drug was on the grey to color scale.
I think I understand.
>Perhaps zoloft would be worth a shot especially since the higher doses of prozac that i tried caused flatness, although maybe that would have gone away with time.
I do not think Zoloft would be nearly as likely to cause the flatness that Prozac caused. Prozac causes flatness in me whereas Zoloft mostly does not. I cried very easily and felt empathy on Zoloft though. I admit there were occasional moments of flatness though. All of these drugs sort of flatten emotions on some level, that's why they are effective.
If you do find that you have success with something like Zoloft, I would seriously consider just staying on it for good. I wouldn't have said that a few years ago, but now I realize it just is not worth risking ending up in the gutter again.
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