Posted by mila on May 10, 2001, at 12:28:51
In reply to Re: lost and found (mikes), posted by mikes on May 10, 2001, at 11:36:50
Hi mikes,
=== How long did it take for the side effects to go away?
they never did. When i say side effects i do not only mean unbearably bad ones each pill generously lavished me with, some were unbearably good ones:) too much for me or for dear ones to handle.
paxil made me so horny, I forgot about other parts of my body and mind:)
prozac made me so productive, I forgot all about pleasures of sleeping, dreaming, and art.
effexor made me so healthy, I forgot about the bonding value of illness. It made me into some kind of perpetuum mobile. the world was not ready to be revolutionazed though:))) look around you every one complains. you meet a healthy person and you shy away from then, what , they are an alien?
celexa made me so bold, i kicked every sorry ass on my way. Felt liberated, but then needed to build a new circle of friends. My husband and son, shed their sorry masks, and stood up, had to deal with that too :)
SJW made me so not anxious, i stopped caring about difficulties, and achieved too much too soon. It's like swallowing a huge exotic meal. Diarrhea comes attached to that gastronomic feat, you know:)))=== By emotional functioning do you mean that your emotions are not flattened?
first, full range of emotions is there. second, all of them are crisp and unequivocal in their meaning. They strongly guide me in my actions and thought instead of interfering with thought or behavior, they enrich and enhance them. third, they are fluid, they do not become a mood, or god forbid, temperament (being perpetually melancholic, timid, or cheery) or disorder (depression, unremitting anxiety).===Maybe I should have stuck with it for longer.
maybe you should. I gave myself a year and was done in 7 months. my termination was a bit forceful one. The last pill I was on was Paxil, but it was end of the school year, exam period, and I paxil makes me sleep a lot and affect my memory and intellectual interests. So, when I run out of pills, I rushed to the hospital and asked for some Prozac, which works wonders for me intellectually, although destroys my body (lack of sleep, and rest generally). my doc refused to switch depressants that lightly. I got angry, and walked out. Never felt depressed or anxious since.mikes, I am with you on your path to the full cure. you are a good person. hurrah!
best
mila
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