Posted by Ritch on March 3, 2003, at 9:41:09
In reply to Re: Ritch, posted by Rainbowlight on March 3, 2003, at 0:04:27
> Day two - all is going well. I have noticed an appetite increase but I am trying to watch what (and how much!) I eat. I am going to bump up to the 30 mgs. tonight. I want to get up to the 45 pretty quickly to see if it will decrease the appetite. What is your opinion on being on these types of meds for the long haul? Is it going to fry our brains in the end? It does scare me a bit. ALso, had did you learn about all this "receptor, antagonist, etc." stuff anyway?
All that receptor stuff? Reading here and elsewhere about the meds I take. As far as "frying our brains"-I look at being ill and experiencing symptoms as a brain frying experience itself! I think chronic SSRI use has had a deleterious effect on my esophagous (due to heartburn). However, that runs in my family and they are not *all* :) on SSRI's. Lithium may have been a little mean to my thyroid-but thyroid illness runs in my family, too. I think it isn't so much a brain-frying worry as much as the burden to the *body*. Liver, kidneys, thyroid, etc. OTOH, chronic untreated anxiety (i.e.) can be harsh on your body, too.
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