Posted by tendency on April 18, 2005, at 14:56:11
In reply to Antidepressants and the central nervous system, posted by crazychickuk on April 17, 2005, at 11:10:28
> I think they have damaged mine, since i started and now obviousley been clean of them for 7 mnths i am still getting twitches all over my body, my brain shakes/tingles, and i feel the signals in my brain aint doing what they used to do.
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> anyone else? and does it get better?
>you know..it just all depends. i certainly agree that it is *not* wise to prescribe these meds to children.
however, ive a huge pattern of mental illness in my family going back generations and have resisted prescription meds for treatment. im now in my mid 30s. after trying every alternative therapy known to man and after being in therapy, and after getting nuclear brain imaging, it became clear to me that i clearly have a chemical imbalance of some sort.
knee-jerk prescription of these meds is a terrible idea. they always should be used as a last resort when all alternatives have been exhausted.
it's so difficult to often distinguish if these symptoms are caused from pyschological or physical sources - or both.
having rambled on, i finally consented to trying a SSRI (celexa) and after two weeeks on 20mg i love it! depression, irritability, anxiety, rage all gone. got my fingers crossed.
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