Misc Antidepressants permanently messing up neurotransmitters......

[bdomihizayka]

Antipsychotics are notorious for giving people tardive dyslexia
Antidepressants are now thought to give people tardive dysphoria, which means long term use can cause depression.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...chronic-depression-has-name-tardive-dysphoria

Do you guys trust antidepressants at all?

I was having horrible anxiety after a a benzo withdrawal, not a major one, just 1mg klonopin for a couple months, and .tried once to get on an antidepressant with horrific result, i still feel a bit off from trying to take them, Anafranil.... and that was after taking it for only ONE DAY......

Just want input and opinions....

AND WHY DO I FEEL SO DIFFERENT AFTER TRYING THE ANAFRANIL ONCE!!!!

 

[cire113]

I was having horrible anxiety after a a benzo withdrawal,

1mg klonopin for a couple months

Thats your problem my friend not the anafranil you took once

 

[fatstep]

it's tardive DYSKINESIA not dyslexia, no worries though

 

[bdomihizayka]

Thats your problem my friend not the anafranil you took once

could such a short use of the drug have such intense side effects...it made me completly unsociable.... i cannot talk wih anyone and feel like i dropped 100 iq points.... it really sucks..... only drugs ive been using besides klonopin and during the taper was oxycodone so..... idk this stuff really messed me up...?

 

[Captain.Heroin]

A couple of months at 1mg of clonazepam isn't a short usage of the drug. It's quite long enough to develop a physical dependency.

A week at that dosage would be a short stint. Two to three weeks, pushing it. A month + = beginning of a physical dependency.

I myself felt mild withdrawal from just 4 to 5 days of IV alprazolam usage.

it made me completly unsociable.... i cannot talk wih anyone and feel like i dropped 100 iq points.... it really sucks.....

The exact same thing has been said by many ex-benzodiazepine users; the introversion, and feeling like you have lost intelligence, is a common occurrence.

 

[CLICKHEREx]

Anafranil is one of the older, tricyclic antidepressants. One of the reasons why the tricyclics have been largely replaced by SSRI / SSNRI antidepressants is that they have less serious side effects, but even they can cause permanent sexual dysfunction, or trigger bipolar disorder. See http://www.drugs.com/search.php?searchterm=anafranil about anafranil.
View my previous answer about antidepressants/anxiolytics at http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/3.html titled: MEDICATION & DEPRESSION, then read my posts about effective natural anxiety treatments on pages 1, & i at weebly, and learn, and employ EFT, and / or Progressive Muscle Relaxation. Wean off medications as per TAPERING OFF - DISCONTINUATION - WEANING OFF. on page 3 at weebly.

 

[The.Ghost]

Anafranil is one of the older, tricyclic antidepressants. One of the reasons why the tricyclics have been largely replaced by SSRI / SSNRI antidepressants is that they have less serious side effects, but even they can cause permanent sexual dysfunction, or trigger bipolar disorder.

I find this very interesting. I have BP-II and I'm starting to wonder if my SSRI use triggered it or if the timing just coincided.

A little background: I had severe depression for many years. Went to see a psych, got put on Lexapro. That worked for a little while, then made me suicidal. Got moved over to Paxil, same thing. Next, Effexor XR, which triggered my first hypomanic episode. I was 22 at the time, which is when the disorder usually manifests, but I wonder if the ADs permanently changed me from MDD to BP-II.