Posted by linkadge on March 19, 2006, at 20:28:51
In reply to Re: Never thought I'd hear this....., posted by tom_traubert on March 19, 2006, at 19:57:27
Again, I would say that 2 months does not mean anything. If this was a witdrawl reaction, it can take a long time for the brain to reset itself.
Sometimes the drugs bottle a lot of things up. They are emotional anesthetics. Many people actually consider the SSRI's to be like mood stabilizers since they can tend to make people feel flat, apathetic, and zombie like.
Coming off a SSRI (or TCA in your case) can be emotionally liberating. I went a little loopy coming off an SSRI simply because there were so many bottled up emotions that were suddenly unleashed. Anger, fear, rebound obsessivness, joy, love. I also had a rebound sexual desire that was very strong, since I very little sexual desire on the medications.
My withdral reactions lasted about 2 months after which I began to feel more normal. The brain just can't reset itself overnight. Coming of SSRI's was hard. After a drop in 10mg, I was so angry, I just wanted to smash everything in my room. They bottle up a lot.Its like that Seinfeld Episode..."serenity now.....insanity later" :)
Thats just my oppinion. But I do know that such reactions are not totally uncommon, I have a few friends that went totally loopy too coming off antidepressants. But it did subside, and they got better.
Take Care
Linkadge
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