Posted by hello123 on July 3, 2015, at 21:05:04
In reply to Re: Akathisia? Restless Leg Syndrome? Need Some Advice » hello123, posted by SLS on July 2, 2015, at 7:53:06
ive not even felt like typing on babble the past few days. my stomach has been feeling ptetty bad.
but, for myself, ive experienced a severe decrease in my ability to experience the emotions that make up life. since taking effexor in 2006 my hair has fallen out faster. its not really noticeable but i do miss my hair looking fuller. also, because of effexor, some of my facial muscles tense up on their own. of i straim my muscles even a tiny bit, i feel shaky and more emotionally disconnected afterwards. what bit of emotions i have are very sensititive to foods. as soon as i swallow something like chocolate, meat, bread etc... it has its effect. ive never, ever heard of something like this, but this is what im experiencing. i could even yell you the difference between white bread thats been fortified with B Vitamins, and white bread that hasnt been. i have very low energy. i vget irritable about some things easily. and my mood is very low. music sounds
pretty empty. i no longer get "closed eye visuals". my imagination and ability to laugh are very weak. and just anything that is pleasurable is often too much for me to handle. leaving me feeling completely drained, mentally and physically in a way that i couldnt imagine before my experience with medications.the worst meds for me were adderall, mirapex and effexor.
i had encephalitis in 2001 that resulted in a 5 day coma, so that could have something to do with why i react so badly to meds with permanent effects on me. but i dont know the criteria for one to react to mefs like i do. but one example of psych meds permanently altering the brain is when they stop working for someone, and never work again.
a couple of weeks ago i was reading revirws on buspar, on askapatient.com i think. and came across a guys revirw describing how buspar worked great for a certain amount of time. and then one day during the time he was on buspar, out of nowhere his anxiety became much worse than he had ever experienced. and buspar was no longer of any benefit. the situation he described seemed much like my experience with adderall and mirapex. theyd benefit me for some weeks by increasing pleasurable feelings. but it seems my brain adjusts its dopamine "thermostat", and no longer works to produce pleasurable feelings on its own. this isnt an addiction response, because these medications also completely stop working at the same time as well. even after taking a break from them for a couple of years and then trying them again, tbey still have no effect. i know adderall depends on vertain processes in the braim to take place before it can even be of any use. and it seems these processes were turned off.
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