I had the worst mood swings, brain zaps, and inability to orgasm while on ssri's. I decided to get off them, and I've found that diet and exercise was able to fix my depression and anxiety completely.

Fluoxetine saved my life. Been taking it for about 7 years and there's such a marked difference in my mood etc .. I'm on the highest dose and I'm not ashamed to admit that, even as a therapist myself. Luckily I haven't suffered any side effects with the exception of vivid dreams.

Its weird how the side effects caused by SSRIs are in some cases also the symptoms of depression whivh we are trying to treat using SSRIs i.e sleep disturbances, anxiety, weight changes, agitation etc

"Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome"......let's just call it what it is: WITHDRAWLS!!!!!!!!

One of the most annoying discontinuation effects from Sertraline for me is the brain zaps, which sadly isn't mentioned in this video, but it's fairly common as far as i've read. It's like when you're a kid and put your tongue in a 3v battery, but instead of the tongue, you feel the zap in the brain, every couple of minutes and depending on what you're doing. For me it happens always the following day after I forget to take my medication or when I don't have it available for the day.

My friend was put on Paxil to deal with complicated grief after her Mom died. She was previously a mentally healthy girl. She decided to discontinue her medication a couple of years later and became suicidal and impulsive. She drove her car over a cliff. Luckily, she survived. She is now on Paxil for life. Love therapy and time was probably a better idea than pills.

the SWEATING! omg i'm so glad that that's an acknowledged side effect! mine is so bad. from even just a little bit of exertion, i just end up with sweat dripping down my face. my scalp and hair will get soaked. and most annoyingly, if i go from a cold temperature to a warm tempurature (say, going inside a heated place after being outside in the wintertime) i get sweaty. if i go into an air conditioned building after being outside in the summer heat and just drenched in sweat, it takes like 30 minutes to stop sweating. i'll get sweaty just from getting really passionate and heated about something (like talking about something i like, or playing an intense video game/watching an intense movie). strangers will ask if i'm alright because i just look clammy all the time. it's so embarrassing. i take glycopyrrolate (seriously recommend it if you have a similar issue! or if you're just naturally a sweaty person without meds lol) and it helps signifigantly but but i'm still the sweatiest person i know even when i'm on it. i feel so gross lol but i've just kind of accepted it cuz i'm never gonna stop taking my prozac. if i stopped i'd be completely disabled by my panic attacks, which would on randomly with no trigger and would happen every day (even at night sometimes!). now they only happen once a month, and i wouldn't even call them panic attacks, they're just random uncomfortable bouts of anxiety that i can shrug off with some deep breaths and a klonopin.

I've been on Paxil for about 25 years with very few of the side effects mentioned. The benefit has out-weighed the heart burn. When I haven't taken it for a few days, the effects seem to be irritability and the most vivid dreams ever.

You didn't mention hair loss, or ear ringing (tinnitus). This is how I realized the Sertraline was causing issues (as all the other side effects were expected.) Doc moved me to Venlafaxine, and it seems better. ??? Good luck ya'll!!✌🏽

This was indeed helpful. I've been on fluoxetine for many years for depression. I also have a rare form of fibromyalgia which is severe & progressive, and has worsened in the last 2 years. I also suffer with trembling of my hands. I became disabled at 39 due to the fibromyalgia. I am also diabetic & have sarcoidosis (lungs), Irritable Bowel Disease & have injured my back due to several falls. I'm 63 now & am not able to do much at all due to severe pain. This helped me understand that some of the things I'm experiencing could be a result of the fluoxetine. Thank you so much.

Had a nightmare coming off of Paroxetine with suicidal thoughts and hallucinations - really scary. Sertraline left me without sex drive and I stopped them 10 years ago. Utter nightmare. 20 years I was on SSRI's (I was on fluoxetine as well for a time) and I'm so glad to be off them now. I was told by a psychologist that SSRI's were invented with a view to using them for a total of 18 weeks - 6 weeks to accumulate, 6 weeks to be feeling better during other therapies ie talking or mindfulness, and then 6 weeks to come off them.....20 years.....

I wish doctors would warn patients of the risk of permanent sexual dysfunction (PSSD). Noone has bothered to research it, despite reports of it going back 30 years. It is permanent.

I've been taking sertraline for about 9 or 10 years now since i was diagnosed with autism as a kid and so far i haven't had too many symptoms other than occasional diarrhea and a somewhat higher frequency of headaches than a normal person

my psychiatrist gave me sertraline and i can’t talk about how effective it was because i was on it for only a few weeks, but it made me start getting tremors. i still get them to this day even though i stopped taking sertraline an entire year ago, though it happens way less often now than around that time last year. i told my psychiatrist about the tremors and she told me it wasn’t the medication (even though it began once i started taking them??) and it was my own fault. she wouldn’t accept or admit that it was a side effect. thankfully i don’t have her as my psychiatrist anymore, and i’m glad to see tremors mentioned in this video as a possible side effect because i knew i wasn’t wrong

Very good. You can add apathy (with fatigue) : "Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors-associated apathy syndrome: A cross sectional study" - 2020/08

I take venlaxafine at the SSRI dose for pain control (I have EDS and my pain receptors went haywire from being in a state of near constant stimulation for the 35 years I was undiagnosed). It definitely helps with my generalized pain and also dulls theassice over-reaction to what should be a minor ouchie. Now I finally understand where my random hand tremor may be coming from!

I was on Paxil for many years trying to come off of this medication, but unsuccessful because of the constant brain zaps. Finally, I used fluoxetine and since the half life is longer, I was able to discontinue all SSRI’s safely within a week.

Thank you so very much for the video and information!!

I never used to sweat much, then all of a sudden I started sweating so much, I didn't realize it was my SSRI doing it! It's so worth it though. I had to try a few because I couldn't stand the sexual issues they caused. But Sertraline has changed my life in so many ways. I would never have been able to have a job without it.

currently watching this cause I discontinued my prozac (fluoxetine) cold turkey cause it was giving me more anxiety, confusion and this “i have no thoughts” type of feeling. three days post prozac i’m shaking, my heart is in pain and beats very fast, intrusive thoughts to the max and I am thinking about admitting myself. I just wanna feel normal. i’m so sorry to anyone who feels like me, because i’ve slept the past three days away because sleeping is the only time i’m not stressed

I would also mention that in some cases SSRIs can lower blood sugar, especially if taken in the morning. As an insulin resistant person I experienced it, unfortunately. For this reason I always take it (escitalopram) in the evening.

Awesome! Thanks for that info!!

Thank you for this insightful video god bless 🙏🏻

Oh thank you so much for this informative information. I've always wondered why I felt the way I do sometimes. I've been on fluoxetine for more than 20 years and within the last 5 years my dosage was increase to 80 mg I'm not sure if that's a lot or not. I ran out of my medication and I was without it for 3 days and could not understand why I felt the way I did and everyone around me notices a difference in me. They said I was unbearable. I found problems with everything oh, there was just no pleasing me. The funny thing is I thought I was okay. I have experienced a lot of those symptoms and I just figured I'm just getting old, so thank you for this information I have a lot that I need to talk with my doctor about. God bless you always.

Thanks for putting this out there. I experienced bad nausea with Prozac as well as the dizziness and as you described it’s a dizziness that occurs when moving the eyes and not like a vertigo feeling. I discontinued use after abt 6 wks or so bc I felt so bad. Abt 7 wks after discontinuing though still having the dizziness…hoping it will go away soon..

I’ve been taking Paxil for 25 years and have several of these side effects This was very informative and I now understand a lot more about me Thank you

Zoloft caused me to have microscopic colitis, which was diagnosed by colonoscopy. It was very unpleasant, but cleared up after ceasing medication.

I have been on fluoxetine, Buspirone, and clonazepam for over 10 years now. I’m currently 53, and frankly I am just fed up with feeling like a robot or a zombie, totally in capable of feeling any emotion at all except anger, not to mention bringing a whole new definition to the word insomnia, I can stay awake for over three days in a row and no matter how exhausted I am I cannot fall asleep because I can’t shut my brain off, it has totally killed my libido, gives me tremors in the hands and legs, plus several other side effects that have all been proven to be direct side effects from my SSRI’s. The anger stems from the fact that I feel so miserable because I can’t feel anything else, that, and because my health is horrible. Thanks to stage for Crohn’s disease diagnosed when I was 20, and then after my large intestine ruptured at 21 they found intestinal cancer growing on the outside of my colon, I have had 37 operations that has removed 95% of my G.I. tract, so everything I take orally never gets absorbed properly. My fluoxetine is in liquid form, but I couldn’t get the other two in liquid form, so all the advice given to normal patients never seem to work for me because my absorption rates are completely different from anybody else. My doctor said my case is so rare it represents only 0.01% of all gastrointestinal patients that have some form of IBD. Sorry for the long winded description, but there’s no other way to see it easily, my question for you is, do you have any idea how I can get off of my meds given my situation without a disastrous outcome, as my doctor and psychiatrist have predicted. At the moment I am completely in capable of feeling any type of joy or happiness, I literally cannot remember the last time I felt happy, and I would give literally anything to be able to feel that again. My days are filled with absolute misery and loneliness as I was forced to go on permanent disability at the age of 46 because of my physical health. I am absolutely convinced and positive that if I can get off these medication‘s, I know I will feel much much better, even though I may still have some of the symptoms of anxiety and depression, I am now studying from my psychiatrist cognitive behavioural therapy aka, CBT. it’s my hope that CBT will allow me to get off these medications and give me the tools I need so I can live my life without having to resort to these medications that are absolutely destroying my life. At first the SSRI’s were of great help, as I was incredibly suicidal, I had given up all hope on life and I didn’t want to live anymore, but that was over 10 years ago, I desperately want to live, but I also desperately want to feel human again, and not the robot that I have become thanks for these medications. So that’s my situation, again my apologies for the long explanation, but I’m absolutely desperate for all the help I can get, if anyone out there has advice I can use I beg you please let me know, because I can’t keep going on like this, I could be in a room filled with thousands of people including friends and family, and still feel totally alone because I cannot feel any joy or love whatsoever, that’s not who or what I am. Before the medication, even though I was suffering from severe anxiety and depression, I could still smile, I could still feel joy, and the cliché that you don’t know what you missing till it’s gone is absolutely 100% accurate. I would rather go back to the way I was before the medication and used my CBT training instead of relying on medication. Please help me if you can, thank you for listening, and thank you for posting this video, cheers from Toronto!

Trial and error and I take lowest dose possible. It took a while to find one for me. I feel good emotionally because I found a great Psychiatrist that changed my perspective on so many things. First, stop caring about what others think. If my house isn't perfect so what? If my hair looks weird, too bad. If my clothes are wrinkly, dont care. Be okay with others lifestyles.

These doctors are so quick to prescribe these, I am 6 months off Zoloft, was on them 3 years and never again! but I'm still having a difficult time. can't sleep feeling anxious and depressed!

Any SSRI I've ever taken has given me the worst sides Prozac made me so depressed. Dr had me quit taking it. That detox was worse than opiates. Was given SNRI Cymbalta. I lost my mind. I guess it was serotonin syndrome. Full blown psychosis. Was told to quit those but it only got worse. I'm still recovering today almost 3 years later. The meds ruined my life. I've been told I'm just a rare case

I have anxiety and OCD. The variety of pills I have taken have often caused intense side effects. Paroxetine helped with reason and a clearer mind. But the bodily effects are great. I have no choice.

Excellent! I’ve been on generic Prozac for 20+ years and intend to continue indefinitely. I do have occasional mild hand tremors and dizziness. I’d chalked that up to aging. Now I understand.

_Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome_ Last year, I foolishly decided to suddenly stop taking Sertraline after using it for four or five years. BIG mistake!! The brain zaps and whooshing sounds in my head were unbelievably horrendous, as well as frequent killer headaches. After trying to convince myself that it would eventually stop in time, I started back on it six or seven weeks later. Never again!!!

I hate the sweating side effect body hot and it’s bad when I sweat a lot at work

My Paxil discontinuation even though I weaned myself slowly was mostly those dreaded “brain shocks.” Kinda felt like a Jacob’s Ladder going off in my brain from time to time. 😖

When I started (and restarted) paroxetine, the main side-effects were tremors (mainly in the hands and jaw, but honestly everywhere), loss of appetite, incapacity to have an orgasm and HUGE dilated pupils. Funny that both times I started taking it again, I had the same side-effects. But honestly that's worth it, this medication saved my life.

I have been on Peroxatine for about 20 years and suffer from dry mouth, heart burn, tiredness and virtually no libido. Needless to say, after such a long time, I have learned to live with these side effects. However, I can't get off it. Even reducing REALLY gradually over a period of months, the withdrawals are too much for me to handle. Don't get me wrong, Peroxatine literally saved my life - I just wish it weren't so difficult to stop taking it.

En este video encontré todos los side effects por los que no he querido ningun ssri y que mi médico y algunos se los expliqué a mi médico y me dice que quizás sean producto de mi ansiedad, como el mareo de escitalopram, los moretones que me causó Paroxetina, la vision borrosa de Sertralina, los movimientos involuntarios de Paroxetin y la taquicardia de Citalopram. Gracias por este video.

Gee I found this video very interesting..explains alot..thankyou.

Been on escitalopram on and off for 20 years. Every time I have gone on them I have gained an extraordinary amount of weight.

You missed the jaw clenching and tooth grinding that is common with fluoxetine.

*Family has intervention* "We think you need professional help." "Guys calm down, it's just methamphetamine discontinuation syndrome."

Thank you for the video

I started fluvoxamine when I was 14 and a bizzare side effect I had was that I started lactating 🤣 (Not caused by pregnancy or any hormonal stuff either, I went to a specialist centre) it didn't last very long though luckily

The only side effect I've ever had on Citalopram and various other SSRIs is a bit of numbness where you don't want it. It either takes longer to get there or it's just not as intense. When I know I'll get intimate with a guy I'll skip a dose. Makes a huge difference. In general the intensity increases (almost to normal) when I increase the time frames between having fun. When something really excites me mentally, it's a lot better as well... guess because dopamine increases.

Very interesting thanks

Years ago I took an SSRI other than Paroxetine for 3 days and had severe urinary retention. I’ve never taken another SSRI since.

Paxil made me anorgasmic and was exquisitely sensitive to dose timing; Zoloft gave me restless legs and a hand tremor; and every member of my family who’s tried Prozac got to experience hypomania. Wellbutrin’s the only thing that seems to play nice with our biochemistry.

I was on Seroxat for 20 years and had the unbearable electric shock sensations when I ceased taking the medication.I now have Quadroparesis , but I can’t prove that the drug caused it , as the experts say this could be radiation poisoning from treatment for childhood cancer.

I've been through the mill with these meds, thought they would help but seemed to make it worse with the side effects, ya I was depressed but took a good look at what was affecting me and made a huge effort to change those things. I'm not where I should be but I'm not going back to taking any more of these meds...I'm just trying to figure out things with a clear depressed mind rather than put all that crap through my system.. It's been a struggle but at least my mind doesn't feel like a balloon that's floating around above my head..

I’ve been taking Sertraline (Zoloft) for a couple years and most of these side effects mentioned in this video are true for me.

best advice any could ever hear, Never take them to begin with.

I’ve been on paroxitine or citolapram for 20 years. How do you know if these symptoms are from the drug or just a normal thing for you. I know it had helped me so much with OCD thoughts but I also get very tired at times and and not motivated etc, but I also have an under active thyroid which has all the same symptoms!

I was able to try Prozac for about 3 1/2 months (I was unable to continue it because of my decreased access to healthcare) and I had many vivid dreams while going through withdrawals at the end of my time taking it. I also, unfortunately, felt no change in my depression. I was under extreme stress at the time and am still working through that same stress, and I try not to take it too much to heart as I only was taking 40mg over the few months. I’m not sure what other side effects I may have experienced since I have/had other medical issues overlapping. But I would not discourage anyone from trying Prozac (fluoxetine) for themselves!! The more you try, the closer you are to finding what works for you.

Anyone else on sertraline get the exact feeling of "im gonna vomit hard in 3..2..1. " then sneeze and feel 100% better immediately??... Only happens when I'm on sertraline, at least once a day.

If I would have watched this before starting my SSRIs, I would have never started them. But I’ve been taking them for some years now & the only one I had in the beginning was nausea, other than that I’ve had no other side effects listed either online or in this video. Im surprised at the endless list of s/e.

I took Fluvoxamine, 50mg. I was getting nerve stimulation, like it felt like I had a live wire throughout my body. My arms felt like they were burning. My anxiety went down like crazy, but unfortunately I got MS type symptoms. At one point I got an MRI to make sure it wasnt MS, but my brain imagining was clear. Anyone else get this?

Very inforjat8vel Thank you.

Do these side effects apply to SNRIs as well? I notice with Effexor I get overheated very easily.

I tried paroxetine hcl for a couple weeks for anxiety, and I got insomnia, night sweats, and awful tingling throughout my entire body. After discontinuing use, due to my discomfort with the side effects, I developed a persistent muscle twitch that happens randomly on any area of my body every few seconds. It's been a couple years since I tried the medication, and I still have the muscle twitches. Anything that can change your brain to that degree that you can't sleep and it feels like little toothpicks poking you all over, all day long, and leaves you with persistent muscle twitching after discontinuing use, just can't be safe.

I took Citalopram when I first got onto SSRI's because of my depression, I had to stop that one pretty soon after as it was making me more of a lifeless zombie and giving me heart palpitations. Now I'm sertraline which has been way better and generally feel very little side effects.

i slowed the playback to 75% for greater first understandings. thank you

Brilliant 👌

My biggest side effect on Paxil was poor boundaries. I had a friend who suffered serotonin syndrome from Effexor and was stuck saying “baseball is best” it was clear he though he was speaking normally from the look he would give after you didn’t understand him. He also mostly understood what you told him but he was in the hospital for a month recovering. Weird stuff!!

I take Lamotrigine and Seroquel, can you do a video on long term side effects?

I was put on Paroxetine years ago and was having hallucinations, blackouts and basically losing memory, For months this went on and then it just stopped and I felt fine, and everything was normal, then my doctor changed my prescription because they had a number of cases of patients having similar effects and decided to stop prescribing it to everyone.

I've been on citalopram for about 2 years, and starting to have tensor tympani myoclonus in my left ear, it doesn't happen all the time, but when i have episodes, it leads to great distress

Zoloft was prescribed more frequently than any other antidepressant in the USA in 2018 with over 38 million prescriptions.

I tried Sertraline after it was strongly suggested to help with my GAD it was two weeks of absolute hell panic attacks out of nowhere like while just watching T.V, feeling like I was losing my mind, my anxiety was never like that before and then I would also just sit unable to do anything they are terrible way worse than the initial issue.

I had an excellent response to Citalopram (and a terrible one to sertraline tbf). It gave me my life back and so so many chances to value myself properly. I honestly credit this medicine with so much. But then again, I never had any side effects, just a massively enhanced mood. I don't mean to sound cliche but it honestly saved me in so many ways and gave me the time to think. I'm a clinicial who functions normally and isba full member of society because of citalopram, not in spite of it. Please dont rule it out outright.

Can this medicine helpful in night fall problem

I was on sertraline it made me feel worse and also I put on 5 stone in weight mainly around my stomach making people think I was pregnant I was also on 80 ml of methadone as I’m a recovering addict in the end I very slowly reduced my 100ml sertraline down to 0 I’m now in the middle of having blood tests to see if I’m in my menopause as I’m 51 😧

How can someone avoid it...

Been on celexa for about 2 weeks, I have tremors and yawning and dizzyness and always tired, hopefully the side effects stop, or I will go to my doctors again

Thanks.

I’ve been on Citalopram for 20 years now. Tried to stop 2 times but get to sick although I reduse them very very slowly. 🙄 I gained a lot of weight when I started eating Citalopram in 2002 and I can’t get it off whatever I do. 🙄 Thats the hardest sideeffect I have.

Is it true that it can also cause people to have no sensation in their genitals so it's more or less like chemical castration?

7:14 definitely helps prevent migraines for me taking nortryptoline

I haven't been on prozac for about a good 8 months, although right after I stopped taking my meds I started to develop some sort of tremour/random twitches. I'm not too sure what to do about it though, It's been going on for awhile.

Aaaand here I am over here with Paroxitine. More restlessness, at the beginning couple of weeks was sleepless. Had reduced appetite so lost around 16 lbs so far. (Started at 204 and am around 190. At about 5'7") Eyes got more sharp and were easier to adjust to greater distances than my normally nearsightedness allowed, this subsided after the body grew more used to it and ocular swelling stopped happening. Libido dropped even more than it already was, which was hard to bring up in the first place. Minor constipation. My audio and tactile sensitivity went through the roof (became aware of all the subtle sounds around me, and aware of everything touching me anywhere. Every bit of fabric moving was felt.). This lead to more occurances of sensory overload shutdown responses, in my case, the overload of stimuli would exhaust me or trigger a migraine. My activity level rose some, and my attention span went from a maybe to none. I have diagnosed ADHD, and it's not uncommon for stimulants and steroids to act in reverse with my personal chemistry. I also happen to have a *terribly* slow metabolism, and my body likes to squeeze every bit of usable energy and nutrition out of foods. It can take 3 or 4 days for food to pass all the way through me. (Average person takes around 15 hours.) It takes around 20ish minutes for things to begin to digest, and take effect, the effects of foods and medications lasts longer than it should. Even at the lowest dose,(10mg) Paroxitine stays active in my body for roughly 40 hours. At the lowest dose, I take it every other day and not at all over the weekend. While I have naturally low blood pressure and normally crave salts in an unhealthy amount, it did bring the blood pressure up, but not beyond the considered healthy range. There's been no change in the salt cravings. To stabilize the reactions of my body, my gen prac gave me a stimulant based prescription which helps bring the attention span back where it should be, and calms the brain's and body's heightened state. This lasts roughly 20-25 hours. Coming off the meds completely around the 50 hour mark leaves me feeling exhausted and heavy, very fatigued and lethargic. Mood drops to a numb neutral, and my ability to focus fades to zoning out into what feels like empty drifting below deep water. My reflexes don't lower though, but social responding slows. (Takes a minute or two for me to respond when called out to). This will stabilize again to my pre-medicated state at the 60ish hour mark from when the medication was last taken. The appetite returns to normal and I can eat more, and address cravings. Normally I keep my diet and nutrition balanced based on paying attention to what I'm craving. Usually I crave dairy products when low on either calcium or Vit-D, as my body associates milk products with those nutrients(I'm lactose intolerant, but compensate with enzyme supplements). I can further narrow that down by the accompanied cravings. If I crave red meats, my iron is low or I need to repair damage to muscles, if I crave dark greens, it's usually a combo of calcium and iron. Bananas are Potassium, and apples or grapes are Vit-C. Those are the more obvious ones though. Potatoes are rich in many things, so they don't usually indicate specific needs. In general my diet consists of heavy protein and heavy carbohydrate filled foods. With the reduced appetite, I'm having to listen harder to the body's cues for what it's running low on.

After stopping: I am having vomiting and nausea and muscle aches and had a few days of feeling like my body was full of lead and a day long migraine. Mood better than it was as well as is my motivation. I went off after multiple health practitioners told me they are pretty much poison. I’m happy to taking care of my body drug free and now I need to nurse my body back to health. BTW I quit cold turkey.

Zoloft made me hypomanic lol on paroxetine rn for depression and ocd can say it has helped somewhat

Paroxetine changed my life for the better. I had been in an incredibly bad way for a long time and it helped me develop the tools to make my situation better. It worked very quickly and luckily, aside from a bit of weight gain, I didn't have any of the negative side effects. It's definitely not for everyone though and my friend had a really tough time on it and went through every negative side effects mentioned and more. It's wild how these drugs affect people so differently. There needs to be way more research done into mental health rather than using medications to mask the underlying issues. Luckily for me, paroxetine was what worked for me at that time, and it was the first SSRI we tried. Most people aren't that lucky unfortunately 😔

I have no side effects from fluvoxamine, none that I know if. Miracle drug. ♥️

I've been on citalopram for 4 years now - my side effects are continuous dry mouth/thirst, raging heartburn, and constant tiredness and yawning. I yawn until the early afternoon lol.

Is pins and needles in hand side effect of lexapro 5 mil after 8 days of taking does it go away

Been on Paxil for the past 2 yrs. Going off cold turkey is a real pain ... never got it. Now I plan to go on Prozac before taking off meds. I had benzos and antipsychotics for some 1-2 months and never had any issues going off. SSRIs are bad meds.

i get very sharp chest pains

I have taken sertraline in the past but have started it again at a much lower dose due to depressive episodes returning and my god the urinary retention is awful.

I just learned last week that citalopram can cause severe mensural issues, even causing PMDD. I had no idea but I mentioned it to my doctor because my anxiety always increases around my period and that went into him asking some questions and I was blunt about everything (it's incredibly debilitating). Almost immediately he said that celexa can cause this so he switched me to fluoxetine and fingers crossed that it helps.

New study just came out basically debunking the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory and showing that low levels of serotonin don’t necessarily correlate with depression. Glad I got off them years ago! Turns out it was situational depression, and my thyroid all along (diagnosed with hypothyroidism)

I just started taking Cymbalta(duloxetine) for my fibromyalgia. It is similar medication which works on both serotonin and norepinephrine. Dry mouth like the Sahara Desert!! Sometimes I can't even get words out!! lol

On Prozac for years now but it's been best for me. I have major major anxiety I wouldn't dare come off them rn or I'd be mentally *****.

It’s been about 6 days taking 20mg Fluoxetine. 2 nights in row now, last night was worst, I start feeling sick as I’m laying in bed, there’s like random flushes or waves that come over me that almost feel nice at first but then a second after I feel light headed and weird and panicky and I sit up all dizzy and it just does this again and again. And my head fills with pressure I have to pop my ears or swallow and it just does this for hours. It’s horrible I hope it goes away

Can Zoloft cause ED in men? My therapist said it’s rare and when I had to visit a urologist for Epidydimitis (six) he said he gives Zoloft to men who have issues with premature ejaculation. Went from a high dose to medium dose. Literally cut in half cold turkey with therapist and doctors help and it helped but now my body seems to have readjusted and the ED and loss of mojo feels real. Anyone else experience this?

anyone else (men) have delayed ejaculation issues after taking this? if soo did this side effect go away after a few weeks or is it a permanant effect? thankyou

Been taking escitalopram for about 10 months now. Have experienced a bit of restlessness now and then but that’s about it. My anxiety is pretty much gone and my sleep has really improved. I have more vivid dreams now and I remember them much more often than before. Only thing is I think I have delayed sleep phase syndrome which basically means I don’t get tired until very late (around 3AM). I think I’ve always had this, but didn’t realize it and have been fighting it for much of my life, which has resulted in poor sleep and a bit of sleep anxiety over that period of time.

Anyone have any info on viibryd/vilazodone? Ive been taking for 2 weeks and still dont really see a difference. Just curious if anyone has experience with this

i have the weirdest dreams which is weird because before prozac i wasn’t even able to remember my dreams lol