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Re: You probably should switch SSRIs

Posted by hopefullynow on April 28, 2011, at 1:13:15

In reply to You probably should switch SSRIs, posted by mtdewcmu on April 26, 2011, at 15:04:33

I want to throw my two cents here about SSRI's, TCA's and akathisia.
Ever since my SA, depression, etc started, about 12 years ago, I was put on serotonergic drugs.The pattern was 2-3 days after treatment initiation, I was feeling better and then feeling worse ( agitation - eating compulsively, smoking non-stop, nervousness, antsy all over my body, physical and mental anxiety).

For me, it was clear, I didn't tolerate everything regarding serotonine.The funny thing was that 1 week ago, i read about akathisia and serotonergic drugs, that it can appear not on heavy AP's.

So, i did a test: beginning the MOST offending SSRI regarding agitation and so (akathisia maybe) - Celexa, at 5 mg/day, then added:

Propanolol 10 mg bid(beta-blocker)
Akineton 1-2 mg bid(biperiden, anticholinergic)

MAN, what a difference!No more agitation, no more compulsive eating and smoking, wow!So far so good, I discovered after so many years that I suffer from a milder form of akathisia which was abolished (for good I hope) by Propanolol and Akineton.

One funny thing is that when I got hit by akathisia-like sensations, I want to go to sleep to get rid of that awful sensations and what I felt from about a week on Celexa (5mg) and Propanolol/Akineton combination, was that i felt relaxed and normally energetic, to wanting to go to sleep.

I just felt normally centered and WANTING to do things.

I read somewhere on askpatient site, somebody told something that for me, now, it makes sense:

"when a ssri/tca works, you just feel ok, not anhedonic, sleepy, agitated"

maybe is something about akathisia-like feelings(which are somatized on a various sensations) on serotonergic drugs on a lot of people who tend to think that their drugs don't work.

Maybe i'm wrong what do you think?

 

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