Posted by Hordak on April 20, 2018, at 13:23:01
In reply to Re: Sertraline is making me 'numb' and indifferent. » Hordak, posted by bleauberry on April 19, 2018, at 13:25:33
hehe, indeed! I am not that fond of Zoloft. F*ck knows why these SSRI-things are marketed for that type of depression when they cause or enhance the very symptoms people are trying to get rid of. I've been suspecting for some time now that there might be a hyperactivity component involved... it would be very interesting to try a stimulant and see how I react. I also suspect that my major problem is a Norepinephrine / Dopamine / GABA issue...
I don't want to be numb, I want to experience emotions... I want to feel. I want things to matter...
Something like Amitriptyline or Clomipramine might be interesting. Clomipramine hits Serotonin and Norepinephrine via Reuptake Inhibition and also Dopamine through 5HT-antagonism.
Sadly mos doctors nowadays are not very open-minded.
> That said, if you want to make it better, if it were me, I would immediately add Ritalin to it. And say bye bye to the numb stuff. Ritalin can get you engaged in life again and active. Despite being a stimulant, it can also calm you down and improve sleep. After all, they prescribe it to calm down over-excited school kids. And focus. In other words, you get engaged, you get focused, you get 'into it'. Exactly what you want to reverse dysthymia.
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> Many people do Adderall instead of Ritalin. I like Ritalin better for longterm.
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> I have no idea why doctors prescribe SSRI's for dysthymia. I mean, dysthymia is basically a milder chronic depression that looks a lot like the side effects you are complaining about. If you ask me, dysthymia is a dopamine/norepinephrine thing and has very little to do with serotonin.
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> Personally I feel dysthymia responds better to stimulants or nortriptyline or desipramine but not ssris and not snrsi.
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> I guess maybe, from a doctor's point of view, numbing out the emotions of someone who is super depressed is probably a welcome thing. At least for the short term. But for dysthymia, that's exactly the wrong thing to do. imo
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> imo
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