Re: So why did you take it in the first place

Posted by sukarno on April 8, 2010, at 13:30:06

In reply to Re: So why did you take it in the first place » meltingpot, posted by conundrum on April 8, 2010, at 8:41:52

I suppose it is possible that SSRIs are causing some sort of semi-permanent or permanent changes in brain chemistry long after discontinuation.
I also wonder if it is possible the behaviour could be learned? For example, I was a very introverted person and quiet/reserved prior to taking benzodiazepines, but afterward I felt a constant state of disinhibition and feeling extroverted/pro-social.. much more open about my opinions, etc.
I feel that it caused a change even when I tapered to zero dose in 1993 or in 1997 when I failed to taper to zero dose but was on a very low dose (e.g. 3.75mg clorazepate BID).
I wonder if the feelings that SSRIs give you, since one takes them for the long term, could - in part - be learned? One might learn to be emotionally numb or better buffered against stress.. so used to feeling numb to pleasures that when the drug is withdrawn the feeling is learned that "music isn't all that important" or "I don't care much about photography anymore".
I wonder if it is a function of either one or both: learned whilst under the drug and/or a semi-permanent to permanent effect of the drug upon brain chemistry.
diazepam (Valium) 5mg QID
tianeptine (Stablon) 12.5mg TID
Light therapy 3 hours/day
GNC Ultra Mega Gold vitamin supplement, BID
Dx: panic disorder, MDD (unipolar, melancholia), perfectionist

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