Posted by afatchic on June 11, 2004, at 1:41:55
In reply to Re: Exercise for former SSRI users??, posted by sjb on May 3, 2004, at 10:31:19
I share your concerns about permanent AD effects. I hope we're wrong.
> In my view, it's not the exercise that's your problem and if you weren't exercising, you might be feeling even worse right now.
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> In my experience, going off the meds doesn't get better with time, and in fact, things often get worse. Some lucky people can go off.
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> I agree that we don't know what these meds are doing and once we've taken them, especially for a long period of time, it may be that SOME of us need to stay on them, perhaps for life. My hypothosis is that long time AD use MAY permanently alter serotonin regulation. This is just a guess, I have NOT read any scientific research to confirm this and I may be totally WRONG. I hope I am, but it seems an awful lot of people are unable to go off meds once they start, especially if they've been on them for many years.
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> However, I stand by my view on exercise and urge you to keep a regular exercise routine regardless of whether you decide to stay off meds or not. I urge you to tell your PDoc what you've posted here and discuss with him/her the the possibility of going back on meds, perhaps a different one.
> Good luck.
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