Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 16, 2005, at 14:20:05
Hey folks here we go again.....
I was on celexa and I couldnät take the apathy-no energy,no motivation. So...
I'm on reboxetine 4mg twice daily and a tiny amount of celexa/cipramil...Right so straight down to it:
Good points:
¤ NO panic attacks, aniexty whatsoever; its the best med I've ever tried for aniexty
¤ depression lifted
¤ Stops me sleeping too much
¤ Gives me more motivation and concentration
¤ Stops me getting bored with things
¤ No apathy and has increased my socialabiity
¤ Has seriously curbed my eating habits; I can no say 'no' to food when I'm not hungry. I was rather a comfort eater before! Now when I get full I stop.
¤ Given me my libido back! And I can actually ahem, enjoy myself fully between the sheets (sorry Iäm a shy gal!) but thats probably just because Iäve nearly stopped the cipramil.Bad points:
¤ acne - for some reason I have developed acne
¤ made me sweat abit more than usual, perhaps thats to blame for the acne?
¤ My period has disappeared (hang on, isnät that a good point??!) I'm seriously overdue. And no, I canät be pregnant!
¤ Yeah, alcohol, it makes you alot more pissed than usual...(is that a good point too?) and can make you space out really easily. Also its the classic you think you arenät pissed at the time, but the next day you realise that you were!So overall:
Reboxetine is great for aniexty and panic and also good for depression, and with fewer of the typical side effects of the SSRIs, (particulry compared to the celexa-cipramail I was on), like libido loss, apathy, over sleeping, over eating, and the kind of numb feeling that you get. It has also increased my motivation and concentration. I will continue taking it.
Phew! Now I think that there should be definately something in the archives regarding reboxetine!!
Thanks for bearing with me.
Take care,
Meri-Tuuli
x
PS Sorry for all the bad spelling etc, but Iäm on my mother's computer in finland and the keyboard is all wrong. Oppps!
PPS Also I guess its not a very scientific post and its all personal experience.
poster:Meri-Tuuli
thread:542497
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