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SSRIs made symptoms worse

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corinne62311
corinne62311

Ladies, i was prescribed many different SSRIs to deal with anxiety and depression lately and was far worse after I took them. I am so scared to take anything now. It came to me this morning ( I do have clear thinking once in awhile). That every time i had a feeling of joy or happiness I felt 100 times worse right after. It has led me to the conclusion that its the increase in Seratonin that is making me feel worse. This is totally counter intuitive because we are always trying to make our selves feel better. But I now believe that is part of the problem. If you also found SSRIs made your symptoms worse maybe try an anti anxiety med that does not increase your seratonin. I am willing to take the chance.

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  • sara97862
    sara97862 corinne62311

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    I have been thinking the same thing lately. While I was having regular periods the SSRI I am on helped some with mood, but now that my periods are all over the place, and I am more sensitive to everything else, it would make sense I'd be over-sensitive to that too.

    After having good days followed by hell days repeatedly, I started reading up on it, and I believe you are right, at this stage, it's doing more harm than good.

    Time to taper off slowly with the Drs help, I guess.

  • dana06119
    dana06119 corinne62311

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    I have been taking Zoloft for almost a year now. My doctor prescribed it after I ended up in the ER due to an anxiety attack. It seems to be keeping the anxiety in check. I would like to stop taking it, but I'm afraid to. In April I tried to cut my dosage in half (with my doctor's approval) and after 2 days I had that terrible feeling of panic and not being able to breathe. So, I went back to taking the full dosage of 25mg per day.

  • corinne62311
    corinne62311

    Edited

    i have started Well but trin and it made a big difference . it is an SNRI.

    • sara97862
      sara97862 corinne62311

      Posted

      I am happy to hear this update from you!!

      What a balancing act, when both hormones and neurotransmitters are being unpredictable.

    • Ojh3
      Ojh3 sara97862

      Posted

      i have been told to come off citalopram, as 5 weeks in im feeling worse. i have to wean off and they have suggested ventalaxine . is that still a SSRI? they said it was reccomended for menopausal women.

    • corinne62311
      corinne62311 Ojh3

      Posted

      i didnt find it hard to quit the citalopram, maybe i was lucky but i felt so much clearer in my mind when i went off. it made me feel like a zombie . i hope you find something that works

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