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Posted by rianny on October 2, 2003, at 16:39:33
I'd like to hear your experiences with SSRI's.
I'm a OCD+SP patient, and I have tried Paxil and Celexa. They just made me feel worse...always tired. I hated them. Currently, I'm taking Klonopin. Next week, I'll go to see my pdoc, and I have to tell him if I want to try another SSRI or not. I have posted about this but nobody here helped me.So far, from this forum, I haven't seen any person who have said "SSRI is GREAT!!!". I have seen some ppl saying MAOI or some Benzo are great but no SSRI. Is it really true that SSRI producing companies bought pdocs and article writers with money???
I read some ppl's threads about experiences with SSRI's, and I remember some saying "SSRI simply makes you think "I don't care". So, when you go to see pdoc you really don't complain, and it makes SSRI seems as if working"
That was excatly what happened to me. I really didn't care even tho I noticed my unusual feeling and symptoms after taking SSRI.
So, should I tell my pdoc whether I want to try another SSRI or not? Has somebody got free of OCD+anxiety...ANYBODY???? I haven't seen any!!!
I'm sick and tired of this OCD and anxiety!!!
Posted by mattdds on October 3, 2003, at 2:01:04
In reply to SURVEY: DOES SSRI ACTUALLY WORK???, posted by rianny on October 2, 2003, at 16:39:33
Posted by Kacy on October 3, 2003, at 17:29:44
In reply to SURVEY: DOES SSRI ACTUALLY WORK???, posted by rianny on October 2, 2003, at 16:39:33
Effexor helps with what my doctor calls "excessive ruminating", but that's not OCD, is it? As far as anxiety goes (and add and depression) the answer is no. I went up to 225 mg and didn't get any additional benefit from the drug. Zoloft gave me nothing but insomnia.
Posted by jane d on October 3, 2003, at 19:45:45
In reply to SURVEY: DOES SSRI ACTUALLY WORK???, posted by rianny on October 2, 2003, at 16:39:33
> So far, from this forum, I haven't seen any person who have said "SSRI is GREAT!!!". I have seen some ppl saying MAOI or some Benzo are great but no SSRI. Is it really true that SSRI producing companies bought pdocs and article writers with money???
SSRI's are great. At least for depression and SP. I can't speak about OCD though my sub diagnosable obsessiveness got a bit better.
Perhaps people are more likely to rave about the other drugs because by the time you get to them you've tried and failed many others. The SSRI's are usually the first drug tried and if they work right off you aren't going to have that same feeling of excitement.
> I read some ppl's threads about experiences with SSRI's, and I remember some saying "SSRI simply makes you think "I don't care". So, when you go to see pdoc you really don't complain, and it makes SSRI seems as if working"
After I'd been taking them a while I developed some of the "I don't care" attitude. I believe it is a real problem but that the positive effects are a different phenomenon and are also real.
To be a little more specific I did find I didn't care about some things right from the start. I no longer burst into tears if I spilled a cup of coffee or went into a silent rage if the line at the store was too long. (Annoyed maybe, but not rage). I actually was more able to care about the important things.
If you do decide you want to try it again you might find another SSRI works better. I found that Prozac worked and another one didn't.
Jane
Posted by rianny on October 3, 2003, at 23:10:41
In reply to Re: SSRI's are great! ?rianny, posted by jane d on October 3, 2003, at 19:45:45
I guess I should try another SSRI. Maybe anxiety is causing my ocd or ocd is causing my anxiety. I was thinking of trying Prozac next. So, how much dosage of Prozac were you taking? So, can you say Prozac comepletely relieved ur SP, I mean you act just like a normal person? I also would like to know how server ur SP was....
> > So far, from this forum, I haven't seen any person who have said "SSRI is GREAT!!!". I have seen some ppl saying MAOI or some Benzo are great but no SSRI. Is it really true that SSRI producing companies bought pdocs and article writers with money???
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> SSRI's are great. At least for depression and SP. I can't speak about OCD though my sub diagnosable obsessiveness got a bit better.
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> Perhaps people are more likely to rave about the other drugs because by the time you get to them you've tried and failed many others. The SSRI's are usually the first drug tried and if they work right off you aren't going to have that same feeling of excitement.
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> > I read some ppl's threads about experiences with SSRI's, and I remember some saying "SSRI simply makes you think "I don't care". So, when you go to see pdoc you really don't complain, and it makes SSRI seems as if working"
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> After I'd been taking them a while I developed some of the "I don't care" attitude. I believe it is a real problem but that the positive effects are a different phenomenon and are also real.
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> To be a little more specific I did find I didn't care about some things right from the start. I no longer burst into tears if I spilled a cup of coffee or went into a silent rage if the line at the store was too long. (Annoyed maybe, but not rage). I actually was more able to care about the important things.
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> If you do decide you want to try it again you might find another SSRI works better. I found that Prozac worked and another one didn't.
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> Jane
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Posted by krybrahaha on October 4, 2003, at 1:02:08
In reply to Re: SSRI's are great!, posted by rianny on October 3, 2003, at 23:10:41
All the other SSRI's didnt help me abit for my OCD - except Luvox.
Posted by ace on October 8, 2003, at 3:52:14
In reply to SURVEY: DOES SSRI ACTUALLY WORK???, posted by rianny on October 2, 2003, at 16:39:33
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