I Take SSRIs. I have for 15 years. I can't stop. I've tried. I didn't need them in college, when they were prescribed, I needed to quit drinking so much. Now I'm totally dependant. They don't create violence in people, they dull feelings and emotions. But feelings and emotions are what keep decency. Not feeling love, sympathy, guilt, regret, and shame, is a dangerous combination for a young mind
Try switching to bupropion, it's an atypical antidepressant without the mind-numbing properties some people have with SSRIs. Take that until you've been weened of your SSRI for 1-2 months.
You may still be able to get off of them but expect it to take a long time (you want to come off slowly).
I was on them for 3 years, I know not as long as you have, but i was able to start gradually losing my dose. I was on 10mg a day. I started by cutting off 1/4 of the tablet with a razor blade. I took that for 3iah month, then went down to half for 3 etc. when I got down to 1/4 I cut that down on half. So in the end, I was on a sliver of a dose for 6 months, waited post holidays, then stopped.
There were withdraws, and some I have today 5 years later. The first few weeks were a lot of headaches. After that it was brain buzzes or vibrations. You will notice a lot of odd sensations in other parts of your body. A doctor who was anti-ssris told me it’s my brain reactivating parts dulled by the drug. I had to relearn coping skills. A lot happened in that 3 years and instead of learning from those experiences, they kinda got shuffled away.
You will feel new joy. I had a strong indifferent feeling the entire time. That went away after a year.
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DrPenguin ago
I Take SSRIs. I have for 15 years. I can't stop. I've tried. I didn't need them in college, when they were prescribed, I needed to quit drinking so much. Now I'm totally dependant. They don't create violence in people, they dull feelings and emotions. But feelings and emotions are what keep decency. Not feeling love, sympathy, guilt, regret, and shame, is a dangerous combination for a young mind
dawnbandit1 ago
Try switching to bupropion, it's an atypical antidepressant without the mind-numbing properties some people have with SSRIs. Take that until you've been weened of your SSRI for 1-2 months.
Food_Stamp ago
Dulling someones feelings and emotions seems like the perfect way to create mass murderers.
Atomized_Individual ago
And anxiety drugs make uninhibited sluts out of girls with anxiety.
Waffle_ninja ago
You may still be able to get off of them but expect it to take a long time (you want to come off slowly).
I was on them for 3 years, I know not as long as you have, but i was able to start gradually losing my dose. I was on 10mg a day. I started by cutting off 1/4 of the tablet with a razor blade. I took that for 3iah month, then went down to half for 3 etc. when I got down to 1/4 I cut that down on half. So in the end, I was on a sliver of a dose for 6 months, waited post holidays, then stopped.
There were withdraws, and some I have today 5 years later. The first few weeks were a lot of headaches. After that it was brain buzzes or vibrations. You will notice a lot of odd sensations in other parts of your body. A doctor who was anti-ssris told me it’s my brain reactivating parts dulled by the drug. I had to relearn coping skills. A lot happened in that 3 years and instead of learning from those experiences, they kinda got shuffled away.
You will feel new joy. I had a strong indifferent feeling the entire time. That went away after a year.