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Re: Hey everyone.. Newby here » Fiftylager1

Posted by SLS on February 28, 2016, at 9:48:55

In reply to Re: Hey everyone.. Newby here, posted by Fiftylager1 on February 27, 2016, at 14:02:46

I understand your reluctance.

How would you feel if you were to take no drugs at all?

How often do you experience hypomania? Is it drug-related?

To describe my personal preferences here is in no way meant to be a judgement of the choices you have made or may make in the future.

We are all different in the choices we make. I made a decision long ago that I would gladly suffer side effects in order to be free of depression and live an otherwise normal life. For me, weight gain is the side effect that I loath most. For now, I need Abilify in order to feel better, even though I gained a lot of weight on it. I don't like the way I feel on SSRIs for reasons similar to yours. I stay away from them. However, I have found drugs that produce few side effects. Effexor and Cymbalta have been okay for me. Viibryd produced no side effects at all. I responded well to it, but only for a short while.

Desipramine sometimes works well when SSRIs don't work at all. Desipramine might cause you to lose weight. It does with me. There can be some annoying side effects in the beginning, including dry mouth, increased heart rate, and blurred vision. I like these side effects better than the sexual side effects, weight gain, blunted affect, and apathy caused by SSRIs.

I hope you find an answer quickly.


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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.

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