Posted by poser938 on January 3, 2012, at 3:16:34
In reply to Re: Dopamine Fixes for Effexor, posted by Christ_empowered on January 2, 2012, at 20:43:28
> Most antidepressants are like emotional novocaine. The blunting is part of their "therapeutic" effect. That's why they're so good for OCD--they make you care less.
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> Personally, I'd ditch the Effexor and up the Adderall a bit and do something non-medical about lingering symptoms--(group) therapy, exercise, supplements, art/writing, that kind of thing.i agree.
and SSRI's do indeed deplete dopamine. it seems that effexor is one of the more numbing antidepressants. it definitely blanked out my emotions and even gave me tardive dyskinesia in the muscles in my face. my mom took it a few years back and it made her feel emotionally blank too.
but every antidepressants i have tried has numbed my emotions to a certain extent.
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