Posted by FloydAS on August 21, 2015, at 7:01:52
In reply to Re: My Brintellix Experience » FloydAS, posted by phidippus on August 19, 2015, at 22:05:11
> I take 40 mg of Brintellix and have experienced a sustained boost in my mood-my ocd has gone into remission as well and I hardly have any anxiety or panic symptoms. The way Brintellix works seems to make it better for anxiety than for depression. It antagonizes a lot of receptors that deal with anxiety.
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> EricFrom a depression standpoint, I can't say it is 100% depression as my pdoc has never actually diagnosed me with it - only anxiety issues. However when I was on my SSRI hiatus I fell into quite a stupor. I had extremely low energy, very low self-esteem, no real desire to do much of anything, took no pleasure in interacting with my family, looked forward to nothing, really enjoyed absolutely nothing. Day to day was frustrating simply due to the fact that there was no drive in me to look forward to anything - it was like the world stopped spinning and I was stuck in a serious rut. I took pleasure in nothing. I gained happiness from nothing. My mood was pretty much rock bottom.
I'm much better off now though. I wish I could stay at that elevated mood level peak but I could be satisfied staying at my leveled off mood that I'm at now. It's certainly better than where I started.
I have noticed weight gain that's been difficult to get under control since being on Brintellix - any similar issues for anyone here?? It could be related to other problems as I'm also having some congenital hip issues with both hips that required hip arthroscopy on one hip in late 2014 that I'm still recovering from and will need the same procedure on the other hip at the end of this year. That doesn't help any of my issues but I'm battling through it. This has certainly taken its toll on my ability to stay active and may be a source of the weight gain, but I'm not sure it is the sole source. Just trying to see if Brintellix may be part of it as well.
Thanks for all of the input...
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