SSRI's inhibit imaginative thinking?

SocialRetahd

SocialRetahd

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I've noticed that ever since I started SSRI's, back in 2000, I'm not as imaginative as I once was. Anyone else notice that about themselves? Like a permanent change?
 
corrinaelizabeth

corrinaelizabeth

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hmmm I wouldnt of thought it would still be happening now its been years since youve come off them really,I think you better go back to docs and talk to him about it
good luck
 
symptomatic

symptomatic

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I take effexor and feel that way, but I don't know about after stopping the pills. I'm still on them. I feel I lost my spark. I was very quick-witted and funny and now it's so sporadic. I'm more calm though.
 
Foxglove

Foxglove

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Oh God, yes! I have been taking antidepressants in some form or another for the past 8 years, and I definitely feel like I have gotten stupid. I often have blackouts, where I forget words, or what I wanted to say. I can't think fast anymore. I feel dull and slow-witted. It wasn't always that way. I used to feel like I was clever and fast on my feet, but now I feel like I have gotten a frontal lobotomy or something like that. Sometimes I think I really am losing my mind, like my mental capacities are shrinking day by day. I also noticed that although I didn't feel like offing myself anymore, I didn't feel much of anything else. I couldn't laugh or cry. Right now I am taking a tri-cyclic to help me be able to sleep at night. I don't have the emotional numbness anymore, but I still feel senile and stupid.
 
symptomatic

symptomatic

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I agree. If I'm about to get angered, at the last second something sparks in my brain and I say..."to hell with it" and go on my way. That's how effexor helps me. Without it, I would get angered. But effexor also does that for any emotion that may get me excited...like going on a trip or hearing really good news. At the last second, something sparks in my brain and I say "to hell with it". I feel "zomby-ish" too. I may be on an even line now, but it ain't much fun. I even stutter when I talk at times now. I am much more quiet. My input usually only happens when asked these days.
 
symptomatic

symptomatic

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My gut rection is to say get off them slowly and eat and be healthy. There has to be a more natural way. But until I know what that is, I am a prisoner to ssri's. I actually want to wean myself off them but my wife thinks they were made from God himself. My Doc cut my dose in 1/2 last week and I am hoping to get a little spark back.
Hang in there. We are all in the same boat and this is the place to share thoughts.
 
symptomatic

symptomatic

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She has in the past(paxil). But she thinks they are a godsend because they keep me calm. She's worried about my health. I was stressed to the max and very much showing it. I'm sure I would have had a breakdown. She's worried that if I go off them, I'll be that way again.
 
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