Posted by Kari on December 16, 2002, at 12:11:09
In reply to Re: Drunk on Zoloft?, posted by Simon Sobo MD on December 12, 2002, at 6:44:03
The article is extremely interesting and very much to the point.
From personal experience I found that SSRIs, while offering great relief from severe distress by causing emotional indifference, also prevent me from needing or wanting to work on the problematic areas in my life which are perpetuating my problems. The other day I was thinking that on an SSRI I wouldn't have any problem being locked up in a prison cell staring at the walls for the rest of my life. It really wouldn't matter:)
I prefer to suffer to the point of despair and to feel the consequences of my decisions in order to be driven to change, and for this reason I no longer take these meds.
This is not, however, an attempt at generalization. For many people these meds are life savers as their suffering is not so much caused by life circumstances or not relieved by any other means. I was referring to people (like me) who are tempted to use these meds as "a cover up" and to psychiatrists who encourage this behavior.
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