Posted by bleauberry on October 2, 2015, at 14:07:37
In reply to High dose Lexapro/Cipralex for grief, etc..help!!!, posted by Jay_OriginalOne on September 25, 2015, at 13:26:42
I don't understand giving an SSRI which takes 6 to 12 weeks to work for grief? That is more of a psychological or counselor thing than it is a drug thing. Opinion.
MDs don't usually admit that SSRIs often cause an emotional numbing effect. But in this situation, where numbing is a good thing, they seem to take advantage of that side effect.
That is what the drug will do, given a few weeks at high doses....sadness will go away....but happiness goes away too....everything is just sort of flat. At that time, the patient usually begins to complain of lack of motivation, lack of pleasure, and apathy. But at least the sadness is gone. To me to numbness was just as much of a degrading of life quality as the original symptoms were.
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