TweetI was on them a few years and stopped cold turkey. I didn't experience that.

Tweeti was on a low dose and had some mild withdrawal symptoms but nothing too bad. i'm glad i'm off that stuff tho. was on and off them for a long time. they definitely helped, but made me feel kinda numb too.

TweetI'm sorry guys ssri?


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TweetI know some of those meds take a while to work and not all work for all people etc.... I've took lexapro for a long time and it doesnt make me act or feel weird. I just get a headache if i forget to take it.

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I'm sorry guys ssri?


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depression or anixty medicnes.

TweetSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor. Used for Depression and / or Anxiety (like animal said).

I am coming off 10mg daily of Lexapro and shifting to (I cannot remember) mg of Wellbutrin XL. The Lexapro caused me sexual issues - well, just one, but it was horrible. I could perform just fine, but at the moment where you KNOW you are at the point of no return, where blessed pleasure and release is about to happen and there is no stopping it now, a switch would flip in my brain and I would suddenly go soft. Talk about insanely frustrating...even masturbation would not give release. I am sure the men here can understand how horribly frustrating that can be - it even got to the point where I was in slight pain from the lack of release.

I could SOMETIMES finish if I took a large dose of Cialis combined with a recurring dose of Proviron and a large dose of the peptide PT-141...but it was still insanely infrequent. I am hopeful I do not have that side effect with Wellbutrin.

It appears I keep winning the bad mental side effects lottery again and again. I was one of the lucky 1% of Androgel users who suffered from dysphoria, fear, nervousness, anxiety, depression, and top it all off with a nice dose of paranoia - meaning when my wife tried to help me all I could think about was how she was out to get me. Luckily for me, I am very logical thinking, so in that instance I finally decided to do an experiment to prove EVERYONE ELSE wrong (paranoia is powerful, eh?). I decided I would stop using Androgel for a week and prove I had no mental side effects from it. As my body cleared it away, my mind also cleared and I saw the truth. To verify it was the Androgel, I started using it again - but keeping a watchful eye. The effects started to return almost immediately. Turns out, whatever is in the delivery chemicals is what causes the effects in some people. Personally, I blame the Lye in it.

Sigh...this too shall pass...

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depression or anixty medicnes.

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TweetI have been on a very low dose of Zoloft for 2 years. have tried to come off before just cause I don't like taking things but I know I need it. I get what is called "brain zaps" when I have triedto go off it. they are not uncommon but do not happen to everyone. Also focus issues and increased anxiety when trying to wean off.
I will most likely have to stay on this but I am fine with that. It has helped my PTSD tremendously. The withdrawals should subside and I hope the new med helps you get through those quick

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I have been on a very low dose of Zoloft for 2 years. have tried to come off before just cause I don't like taking things but I know I need it. I get what is called "brain zaps" when I have triedto go off it. they are not uncommon but do not happen to everyone. Also focus issues and increased anxiety when trying to wean off.
I will most likely have to stay on this but I am fine with that. It has helped my PTSD tremendously. The withdrawals should subside and I hope the new med helps you get through those quick

i would rather see someone like you taking that as opposed to klonopine or the other garbage they push on people. i have seen and heard so many horror stories from those meds i would almost rather be crazy as a shit house rat or just stay depressed and anxious

TweetThings have gotten MUCH better as the SSRI leaves my system fully and the Wellbutrin XL builds itself up. I feel this is what I should have been on the entire time, it makes me feel...dunno any better tem but "right". The best way to describe how I now feel is the way I felt when I started drinking, oh so many years ago. At 13, having my first whisky, I realized I was fixed. I had not realized I was broken until that moment when I knew I was fixed. Decades of alcoholism later, and a clean break from it for almost a decade now, changed me greatly. Now I have that "fixed" feeling again, it is interesting. Does not make me want to drink, just gives me some insight into what might have been "broken".

Anyway, sexual side effects of the SSRI are still around, but in a lesser level. Slowly going away, thank everything that anyone considers holy for that.

TweetI took some lorazepam for a while. Very low dose. Thank god I stopped. I cant believe how much sharper my mind is after stopping it. I regret that I ever took it.

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Things have gotten MUCH better as the SSRI leaves my system fully and the Wellbutrin XL builds itself up. I feel this is what I should have been on the entire time, it makes me feel...dunno any better tem but "right". The best way to describe how I now feel is the way I felt when I started drinking, oh so many years ago. At 13, having my first whisky, I realized I was fixed. I had not realized I was broken until that moment when I knew I was fixed. Decades of alcoholism later, and a clean break from it for almost a decade now, changed me greatly. Now I have that "fixed" feeling again, it is interesting. Does not make me want to drink, just gives me some insight into what might have been "broken".

Anyway, sexual side effects of the SSRI are still around, but in a lesser level. Slowly going away, thank everything that anyone considers holy for that.

good to hear!

TweetAs a note, I have now fully weaned off of Welbutrin XL. Something I did not know about it is that it is also a stimulant. The XL means extended live, or something like that, but basically it means it slowly releases over a 24 hour period. Who in their right mind would give someone a stimulant that will work during normal sleeping hours? No WONDER my sleep has been so bad recently!!!

Last night I got a full 4 hours sleep in a row. For the last month, I have only been able to get 2 hours of sleep in a row, then 1 hour awake, then 2 asleep, rinse and repeat. I almost feel human again!