Posted by SLS on January 19, 2016, at 6:52:27
In reply to Re: Do SSRI's really 'numb you to life'?, posted by Lamdage22 on January 19, 2016, at 5:44:45
I found Zoloft numbing in a bad way. Yuck. Paxil seemed to be okay. Lexapro was only somewhat numbing, although I may be confusing that for sedation and fatigue.
Effexor and Cymbalta were fine, despite being potent serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
I'm sure it is an individual thing. Different people. Different drugs.
So, for me, SSRIs tended to be more numbing than SNRIs. However, I don't buy into the notion that "numbing" emotions - apathy and amotivation - is the way in which SSRIs relieve depression. Perhaps these things reduce impulsivity and suicidality. I don't know.
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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