Posted by liquidchakra on January 19, 2004, at 7:16:41
Considering I haven't been on any medication yet; I have 'self-medicated' with other peoples Prozac and Zoloft in the past for a week or two (Yes I know it wasn't the smartest idea, but I was in a bad state and wanted to see if it was worth getting a prescription for it); all they did was make me even more apathetic and numb.
I was reading a lot about NARIs and SNARIs, and even though I am not a doctor, they seem more likely to help motivate my emotions enough to care again and to increase my concentration and alertness, which has been steadily declining for as long as I can remember. I might be offered effexor, but from all the horror withdraw stories that I have heard, I am very wary of it, plus and sort of effect on my serotonin system seems to just make things worse and giving me bad anxiety. Wellbutrin seems like a possibility as well, but the one fear I have with that is the possibility of dopamine induced manic states.
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