Posted by noa on March 4, 2003, at 20:04:44
In reply to Re: SSRIs and apathy, posted by sedona on March 4, 2003, at 19:19:16
I suspect I may have a problem with this, too. My pdoc and I have been discussing it. First we want to see how I continue to improve with an increased dose of fish oil. Then, we are going to try lowering the dose of one of my antidepressants just a little. My therapist and I have also been discussing this. On the one hand, I do wonder if the motivation problems are due to the medications. The pdoc says it is plausible. But my therapist and I have agreed that it is also plausible that it is due to psychological reasons, because my motivation in certain realms of my life, under certain conditions (when structure comes from the outside) is much better than in others (in less structured situations). Of course, I think getting motivated is harder in unstructure situations--requires more initiative, etc., so the problem could be some of each--psychological and medicaiton. In any event it is fairly clear to all of us that my meds do cause some ADD-like symptoms--mostly in realm of organizing time and space, keeping track of things in memory, etc. So, therefore the plan to try lowering the dose somewhat.
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