Posted by addinbc on May 5, 2006, at 19:02:36
In reply to Serotonergic drugs and fatigue, posted by FredPotter on May 4, 2006, at 18:06:49
YES, this can definitely happen!
It doesn't seem to be well known...
BUT IT SHOULD BE!!!
It happened to me in a BIG way, but the drugs (Luvox and then Zoloft) made me so apathetic as well that I didn't care. I just slept days (weeks, months, years) away. It was only after I came off the drugs six years later that I really realized what they had been doing to me.
Trying to explain this to a psychiatrist is like trying to explain calculus to a child - they just don't get it, don't believe you and/or think you're making it up. (**fuming!!**)
THERE MUST BE MORE RESEARCH DONE ON THIS!!!
I think what often happens is that when a patient complains of this, it is assumed to be an emerging or residual symptom of depression, and often the dose is raised! (!!??)I'm sorry if I come across as ranting, but the whole business makes me so angry. Thanks for your post. It helps to realize I am not the only one who has experienced this.
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