Posted by Willyee on January 31, 2005, at 23:50:51
In reply to Re: Side effects » Willyee, posted by ed_uk on January 31, 2005, at 7:48:09
> Hi Willyee,
>
> What side effects did you experience from SSRIs?
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> Ed.Side effects....Hmmm that would be much too kind a word.
All of the ssri`s had a dramatic negative impact,i rember extreme agitation,pacing,i rember being very sleepy,my feelings numbed,as if i did not feel my soul anymore,i rember waking up with a sick feeling in my gut,crying spells,isolation,and at its worst sucideal ideation.
I felt as if each one was deepinging the damage.I cant say i expereianced a single itsy bitsy benifit,rather they felt like posion to me every one of them.
I still believe,personaly that i have irreversable damage from them,of course this is only theory,but wait thats pretty much all they have to base prescribing it to you as well.
I still live a "Unique life" and still battle things,but after taking parnate for the first week i actualy felt a feeling of anti-depressant,it was incredable that a med could live up to its name,maybe i feel i was more responsive to parnate during its initial onset was because i was finaly feeling what it felt like to be off srris,i went straight from them to parnate.
I dont argue whether they are good or bad,if someone finds them useful then thats the ultimate goal,HOWEVER my personal belief is that ssris unlike Maois are very specific in its target and action,and i believe they are pure poision,and are simply to new to know if they cause any actualy long lasting damage,......i remeber someones handle i seen many times,i think i would have choose the same one....."ssri hater"
If i ever had to get off parnate,and had no options,i would never ever touch a ssri again,id rather alternate various herbs and get medicaore results,least ill be somewhat myself,i loved the day i was able to take that BIG bag of partialy used ssris and mood stablizers,and toss em in the garbage.P.S With all the worrying of benzos,particular klonopin,unlike any of the meds it has been the only one that stayed consisent,and helped me keep my job on many occasions,looking back now i was so afraid of it,yet i would have had much easier ssri withdrawals had i been less afraid to use it,klonopin has helped me from going over the edge,i value it.
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