Posted by mike lynch on July 18, 2006, at 22:45:46
In reply to Re: Without emotion, posted by linkadge on July 18, 2006, at 19:12:29
> These drugs are addictive, some preliminary studies have shown that SSRI's can induce some of the same neuroanatomical changes as can other drugs like MDMA.
If you can locate them, could you send me a link.. I've been doing research on this and couldn't find any real reliable studies pertaining to this subject.
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> When I came off SSRI's, it became very difficult for me to get much pleasure from anything.
> Its like the hedonic threshold became two notches higher.Definitely, when I came off ssri's I just felt different, something wasn't right, I just wasn't who I was before meds.. I think the brain does make adjustments when on meds for such a long time.
> I have no other symtpoms of depression, I sleep, eat fine and have no anxiety, but there is much less reward in life, and much less satisfaction.
> More wanting, more discontent.same
> Anyhow, I know the feeling you are talking about, and I have personally come to the same conclusions as you.
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> I attribute coming off SSRI's to some of the perhaps unwise decisions I had made.Coming off? Personally, I never had trouble with coming off, I would attribute the problem to GOING ON them without justification, I DIDN'T make the decision , I was feeling depressed, and at 14 years old I trusted doctors.
> Since coming off them, I have started habits like smoking marajuanna, chewing nicotine gum, >drinking coffee, etc, all I believe just to try and get a little more pleasure out of life.
It's a catch 22 for me, on them I have problems but they combat problems I have off them, and off them I have problems, but I also don't have some of the horrible side effects that I get from meds> Things I would have never done before. I was >clean as a whistle before SSRI's, I think they >turned on a switch.
I think they took a switch and put gum and glue, and dirt in the circuits.
> You know what the principle action of cocaine is? It primary action is as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
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I did not know this, I always thought mdma was like that, and cocain focused on the dopamanergic (sp?) system
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poster:mike lynch
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