Posted by linkadge on July 18, 2006, at 19:12:29
In reply to Re: Without emotion, posted by mike lynch on July 18, 2006, at 18:57:26
These drugs are addictive, some preliminary studies have shown that SSRI's can induce some of the same neuroanatomical changes as can other drugs like MDMA.
When I came off SSRI's, it became very difficult for me to get much pleasure from anything.
Its like the hedonic threshold became two notches higher.I have no other symtpoms of depression, I sleep, eat fine and have no anxiety, but there is much less reward in life, and much less satisfaction.
More wanting, more discontent.Anyhow, I know the feeling you are talking about, and I have personally come to the same conclusions as you.
I attribute coming off SSRI's to some of the perhaps unwise decisions I had made. Since coming off them, I have started habits like smoking marajuanna, chewing nicotine gum, drinking coffee, etc, all I believe just to try and get a little more pleasure out of life.
Things I would have never done before. I was clean as a whistle before SSRI's, I think they turned on a switch.
You know what the principle action of cocaine is? It primary action is as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
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