Posted by allisonm on January 4, 2002, at 9:35:31
In reply to Re: Serzone: Does it even work? - Rick, Allison » Mair, posted by Rick on January 3, 2002, at 13:15:20
Now all of this cognitivve dulling talk makes me nervous. I have felt "stupider" on Serzone and on WB before that. With Serzone I'm forgetful and spacey (like walking into rooms ALL the time and forgetting why), and I find I get tongue-tied a LOT. It gets embarrassing. I can't remember the words I want to say and have to pause or let others finish my sentence, or trying to use many lesser words to say what I could once say in one word. EX: I had a horrible time one day trying to describe "sentimental value" to someone because I couldn't come up with the words. I don't seem to notice the WB problem so much, or maybe they've folded in together.
On the other hand, as my pdoc has pointed out, I have been under a lot of stress lately, and it's only going to get worse for awhile; I'm going back to college fulltime after 19 years at the end of this month. I hope my brain works.
Thanks.
Allison> >My main longer term problem with serzone (aside from it's ineffectiveness) was a cognitive dulling. It affected my motor skills also - I was always dropping stuff. I attributed all of this (mostly forgetfulness) to perimenopause and stress until I went off serzone. All of these symptoms then disappeared.
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> Memory impairment is one of the two main reasons I'm trying a Serzone-less period. (Again, a disclaimer, since I don't want to encourage anyone to suddenly dump their AD to "experiment": It's safe for me to be without an AD since I'm not clinically depressed.)
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> Oddly, this change seems to be helping my LONG-term memory more than anything. And yes, I think Serzone made me even a bit klutzier than usual. BTW, I'm by no means writing Serzone off...I'm still in the experimenting stage. As I've mentioned before, it seemed to provide me with a number of plusses, even if they were mostly beneficial side effects and interactions.
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> Rick
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