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Post by leftbehind1 on Jun 17, 2015 18:57:25 GMT
Hey guys I just wanted to see if some of u guys had been on an ssri before, what was your experience with recovering from them once you stopped.
I was on citalopram for 6weeks and tapered off. The initial effect on anxiety was helpful but nothing for depression.
I decided to come off because I felt my Motivation and clear thinking was even worse which obviously isn't what I need for my ADHD.
I've had to learn by experience and I've been off citalopram for 5 months , and the really strange thing is ,it's only now I'm starting to feel my normal self again not quite but I'm getting there, it'sike I'm slowly coming out of a trance. It's almost like I've been in a stupor for the past 5 months waiting for my brain to "heal" from ssri
I' feel like being on an ssri has completely wasted 5 months of my life . And for minimal and overestimated benefits for moderate to mild depression ,
don't think ssri should be taken lightly , unless u really need them, I would have weird thoughts and I haven't felt like myself , and because of that I didn't feel whole heartedly in knowing what path to go down , sort of going through the motions from a serotonin stupor.
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Post by hermanli on Jun 17, 2015 19:38:30 GMT
It can take around 3 months to feel beneficial effects of SSRI's
6 weeks was way too short to judge anything. For such a short period you probably never even stepped up to an effective dose.
I dont think any pysch drugs should be taken lightly either, but they do seem to help an awful lot of people. And you never gave it the chance to see if it would help you.
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Post by billywhizz on Jun 21, 2015 22:26:31 GMT
Rather than go for SSRI or NAS, which are nasty, nasty drugs (but understand that they still have their place), need at least 4 weeks to work, come with a risk of the Zombie effect and of course an increase in the risk of suicide (depression is classed as apathy and sadness, of which SSRIs fix the apathy first and then leave the sadness exposed to action), have a read up on a wonder drug (imho) called Pregabalin. If one is diagnosed with ADD then, at least in my NHS Trust, you are allowed access to it for the anxiety part of ADD. If not, the rule seems to be for some NHS Trusts to insist on trying you on one or two types of SSRIs/ NASs. Not only does the drug work the first day you take it, you can come off it more easy and most importantly there is no suicide risk linked to it. I have been on it for over a year, and it has changed my life. Furthermore, my shrink at my CMHT has started to reduce the prescriptions of SSRIs/NASs and replace them with Pregabalin. Here is a link to some reviews of it: www.drugs.com/comments/pregabalin/for-generalized-anxiety-disorder.html
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Post by hermanli on Jun 23, 2015 19:15:26 GMT
Hey Billy, that site says pregabalin is for anxiety disorder, but you seem to be recommending it for depression?
Did you suffer from depression yourself and was the NHS trust willing to prescribe it for depression?
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Post by billywhizz on Jun 25, 2015 0:51:43 GMT
I do suffer from depression, into my third year of F32.1 Medium depression (with major episodes). The NHS was prepared, after I had tried two different antidepressants. I only did the one, with horrific problems, lied about taking the second, only to be told I could have Pregabalin by the ADD Doc. What I have read about, and this is much more prevalent in the States, is that by reducing the anxiety you can stop the depression. And this is what my allegedly current shrink is now trying with other people. I have also seen first hand what it can do for people whom normally take antidepressants, with just one tablet; amazing. And also for what it can do to people on the spectrum. My thinking is that by reducing anxiety one can get on with things, which stops depression. If you are doing something, you cannot be depressed, tis an amazing thing to witness, but can be impossible depending on the level of the depression. Plus, SSRI and NAS are nasty! And to think GPs can just hand them out, I heard a lady on the phone at the doctors start crying when she told the other person all the GP had told her to do was go back on her antidepressants. But then again, I know a person whom takes SSRI and gets gain from them, with little side-effect. What I do know is that people with ADD and on the ASC have brains that are not considered modelled on the typical brain. Which I think makes us respond differently to these drugs; after all I/we get tired when I/we take a stimulant
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Post by tink on Jul 1, 2015 21:14:23 GMT
Yes, I took the SSRI zoloft (sertraline) for 6 yrs and I feel it saved my life and my marriage. Because it's quite hard to get on to, my gp also put me on a beta blocker for a short time to help me get used to the SSRI. This was all before I knew I had ADHD and I had been suffering badly with depression and obsessive thinking for yrs and yrs.
Around March time this yr, I was due to have an operation which would stop me working for 3 or so weeks, so I decided to come off the SSRI completely (n.b. I had been reducing the dose VERY slowly over a few weeks first). I knew my ADHD assessment was coming up and I wanted to present the real me at my appt.
since coming off the zoloft, my husband and family have said I have lost some of my "softness" and now have a slightly harder edge. I also feel more irritable generally. However, I'm very, very glad I took it and am also pleased I have now come off.
it all depends on the person taking it. My brother tried SSRIs and nearly went crazy... It didn't suit him at all. Having said that, he didn't give them a chance and totally panicked when they first made him feel bad, and stopped taking the drug very quickly.
i guess I was lucky.
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Post by chaoticwitch on Jul 5, 2015 20:00:32 GMT
I take fluoxetine, which I have been taking now for a couple of years. I was prescribed this after I had stopped my Concerta and had been suffering with intrusive thoughts as well as anxiety and depression.
Now I am taking my Concerta again, I would like to come of the fluoxetine but i am a little nervous about this as they have been helping me for quite a while. I have seen others really struggle to let go of this kind of medication.
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