Things looking up? maybe? .

[DoctorHouse]

I took remeron and it never gave me reflux or nausea, on the contrary it made me incredibly hungry and I gained 10kg in a few months ( granted I started off underweight)

but it also made me drowsy when I took it

not in a bad way, it's pleasantly sedating

Do you feel you have to be on SSRI for the rest of your life? Or do you no longer take them?

 

[DyingOfTheLight]

Do you feel you have to be on SSRI for the rest of your life? Or do you no longer take them?

I quit them after a few months. they were ruining my relationship. my girl internalised our sexual issues and became very insecure to the point of suspecting me of cheating

 

[DoctorHouse]

I quit them after a few months. they were ruining my relationship. my girl internalised our sexual issues and became very insecure to the point of suspecting me of cheating

Do you feel any different without them that you would say affects your quality of your life?

 

[DoctorHouse]

I quit them after a few months. they were ruining my relationship. my girl internalised our sexual issues and became very insecure to the point of suspecting me of cheating

To me that would be a red flag. Not a good sign when your girlfriend is starting to feel insure around you.

 

[DyingOfTheLight]

Do you feel any different without them that you would say affects your quality of your life?

they blunt my emotions but only when I experience them excessively. so I still filt pleasure but no ecstasy, I still felt blue but not vantablack

now I'm off it's the same old sinusoid

 

[disfiguredyoungman]

Honestly it was just a stab in the dark. You are put on the drugs under a psychiatrist's supervision and treatment. In your, sessions the medication will allow you to be manipulated to believe your psychiatrist when he is saying looks don't matter.

As you said many medications just make your emotionally numb and less focused, that doesn't really make you swing more in one way or the other. Just flattens your baseline.

The danger of manipulation is real imo, but it's more due to the power imbalance between psychologist and patient and the vulnerability of the patient. Strictly speaking psychiatrists don't do classic therapy, they just write you prescriptions and monitor your side effects.

 

[DoctorHouse]

they blunt my emotions but only when I experience them excessively. so I still filt pleasure but no ecstasy, I still felt blue but not vantablack

now I'm off it's the same old sinusoid

So basically you would say SSRI's make you less obsessive about certain things that bring your mood down like hair loss? I guess that is why they say to focus on things other than yourself if you don't want to take the meds. It works for me but it's not easy to do all the time. I do think exercise definitely is one of the best mood enhancers.

 

[DoctorHouse]

As you said many medications just make your emotionally numb and less focused, that doesn't really make you swing more in one way or the other. Just flattens your baseline.

The danger of manipulation is real imo, but it's more due to the power imbalance between psychologist and patient and the vulnerability of the patient. Strictly speaking psychiatrists don't do classic therapy, they just write you prescriptions and monitor your side effects.

True. I heard classic therapy is supposed to be instituted by your psychologist who is not an MD and cannot prescribe the medications. Have you taken SSRI too?