Posted by kid_A on July 23, 2001, at 13:47:51
In reply to Listening to Prozac vs your own experiences, posted by Joe Schmoe on July 22, 2001, at 16:08:29
> For those people who have read "Listening to Prozac," I am interested in hearing your reaction to taking SSRIs compared to the case studies in the book. In the book, a number of individuals suddenly go from depressed, inhibited, sensitive, shy etc. to being popular, dynamic, attractive
I don't know -any- drug that makes you more -attractive- maybe it makes you less aware of your physical shortcommings... Anyways, What are we taking these drugs for? For the person who followed up, I don't understand not wanting to be depressed, yet wanting to be shy... There is a big difference between being reserved and being shy... When you are reserved, you have the option of talking to someone or not, depending on your mood, or weather the person is even worth your effort... Being shy means that you are more intimidated than actually having a choice...
I have always been a dynamic person, somewhat, within my limits, I now feel like I don't have any restrictions about talking to people, or general anxiety about human contact that I didnt wish to commiserate... I feel more free rather than numbed or deadened, and I havent even reached a point where the AD I am taking is at a therapeutic dosage...
Furthermore, though it may not be so, if I never cry due to some loss again, I will not miss that emotion... I still can feel emotion, I can feel great joy in a number of things tha I do, but If I can't feel sadness to the extreme that I felt it before, something so horrible that I had no idea how I was going to make it through the night until you cry yourself to sleep on the floor of your room... If I never experience even a tenth of that again, I will feel no loss.
just my 2 cents...
ps. i've only read excerpts of the book, and I don't take Prozac so... my opinion may be worth f@ck all.... :)
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