Posted by Solstice on January 14, 2012, at 11:00:01
In reply to ever had an antidepressant numb your emotions...., posted by poser938 on January 5, 2012, at 15:44:05
> before making you able to feel more pleasure? like, say you're taking prozac and after about 2 weeks you begin to feel a bit more numb emotionally than usual. should this numbing of your emotions be expected to persist as you continue the prozac for a full 6 weeks, or does this effect go eventually go away?
Zoloft is the only SSRI I took, and it was very numbing for me. At the time, it was a relief because it gave me reprieve from the catastrophic pain depression brought on.. but ultimately I came to the conclusion that I would have to work through the pain, because feeling 'nothing' was worse than pain. So, I stopped the zoloft but kept the wellbutrin, and supplemented with very low-dose lorazepam when things were most intense. And lots, and lots of therapy. It's been nine years since I fell in the black hole, and three years ago it started getting better (very gradually). During the last year I have reached a comfortable place of stability and emotional strength and resilience - and feel I can now 'handle' life. I'm not who I was before.. so part of my work now is embracing my 'new normal.' I still take the Wellbutrin, and still have lorazepam on hand but rarely take it. If I fail to take Wellbutrin for one day, I don't notice. But if I miss it for two days in a row, I start slipping down that hole.
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