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Posted by bleauberry on December 19, 2018, at 15:05:04
Even though my doctors and I consider my 20 years of treatment resistant depression/bipolar/schizo to be in remission from treating it as if it was Lyme instead, I still have a residual symptom that looks exactly like the apathy caused by SSRI's.
I never experienced that kind of apathy until I was on SSRIs'.
It never went away. Even after I got better. So I am wondering if it is permanent? Probably. Best guess.
I know from personal experience that Ritalin totally blows that apathy out of the water. And clinical studies support that. So I will probably be asking for Ritalin at my next appointment.
But just so you know....that pesky emotional numbness of serotonin reuptake inhibitors might be partially or completely permanent. Mine is partial but seems permanent.
Posted by Martinchen978 on December 19, 2018, at 15:58:57
In reply to Is SSRI Apathy Permanent?, posted by bleauberry on December 19, 2018, at 15:05:04
> Even though my doctors and I consider my 20 years of treatment resistant depression/bipolar/schizo to be in remission from treating it as if it was Lyme instead, I still have a residual symptom that looks exactly like the apathy caused by SSRI's.
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> I never experienced that kind of apathy until I was on SSRIs'.
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> It never went away. Even after I got better. So I am wondering if it is permanent? Probably. Best guess.
>
> I know from personal experience that Ritalin totally blows that apathy out of the water. And clinical studies support that. So I will probably be asking for Ritalin at my next appointment.
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> But just so you know....that pesky emotional numbness of serotonin reuptake inhibitors might be partially or completely permanent. Mine is partial but seems permanent.According to the studies I've read it isn't permanent, but it can persist up to 5 years until it slowly fades away... (it somewhat overlaps with PSSD)
Posted by linkadge on December 19, 2018, at 16:05:30
In reply to Is SSRI Apathy Permanent?, posted by bleauberry on December 19, 2018, at 15:05:04
I was on SSRIs for a few years and experienced apathy on them. The apathy lingered a bit, but have found that certain supplements effectively treat this (mainly cocoa powder, coffee, magnesium, very low dose effexor).
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