Posted by uncouth on October 31, 2009, at 23:44:47
In reply to Re: Should SSRIs Be Taken Off The Market? » bulldog2, posted by allisonm on October 28, 2009, at 16:36:57
i wish i had never been put on effexor. i think most likely my depression would have resolved with time and changing life circumstances. instead, i have been medicated for 5 years, through a rollercoaster of meds, the SNRIs likely caused cycle accelleration and advanced my bipolar 2, if not directly caused it.
the SNRI/dopamine dysfunction connection IS VERY REAL FOR MANY PEOPLE. after being medicated, i couldn't concentrate. i stopped caring how i was perceived, how i performed at work...i could always come up with rationalizations, etc. for my poor performance...probably as a result of excess serotonin (?)
only in the most recent weeks have things come around with the addition of zyprexa to my 600mg of bupropion, 600mg lithium, and 50mg of agomelatine. i went from 0 to 1 to now 4 drugs. now unsure if im ever going to get off them. i have become a full-fledged psych patient.
i wish i could go back in time. despite the meds working off and on, i am convinced had i never gone on medication, my life would have been better overall, perhaps significantly. i never had serious suicidal thoughts before medication. i never had a mixed state before medication. i was definitely maladjusted, definitely had low self-esteem, and definitely had social phobia before meds, but u know what, the meds overall and overtime havent' helped those symptoms.
i guess its extra hard when there is no clear cut diagnostic to determine when someone is depressed, or bipolar depressed, or cyclothymic, etc. the drugs work very differently on different conditions.
i wish that damn doctor at stanford's student health services had offered me wellbutrin instead of effexor, thats for sure.
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