Misc Lexapro for recreational use

[bluedom]

I am not depressed AFAIK and I feel pretty good in life overall. I don't know how rare my situation but when I take Lexapro I feel pretty good, I mean really good, as good as some of my MDMA experiences, not pure MDMA, and I'm only taking like 10mg. I take it like once every 10 days though after doing this for 3-4 months there is some discontinuation syndrome developing after 5 days, it's slight brain zaps. It's up there for me with THC, psilocybin, opioids, pregabalin as among the enjoyable drugs to take.

I tried to find info about those who were using it recreationally and here I am. Anyone have ideas on how to deal with possible discontinuation syndrome short of waiting even longer? Another option is to take like a small dose like 2.5mg during the start of discontinuation but I don't want to make this a regular thing. Thanks all!

 

[KurtAurelius]

I remember starting sertraline and getting psuedo hypomania from it, dinner plate pupils, buzzing and chatting and crazy high libido

Fluoxetine would make me extremely blank, dissociated but also heighten libido

Once reaching the “effective” stage of SSRIs all effects would cease apart from the grey hue they give the world (in the sense of numbness and detachment)

Many people have anecdotally documented no recreational effects, with some like yourself finding some interesting effects.

Not sure on pharmacology, about how much serotonin is reputaked with one dose, why it doesn’t work when methylphenidate and cocaine reuptake dopamine with instant effects, obviously a different neurotransmitter but yeah…

I once snorted 40-60mg fluoxetine as an extremely bored and suicidal teenager. I felt different but not high, just more numb and spaced, not worth bothering repeating but still a change, it was powder from capsules but still nasty as fuck.

I would honestly recommend to stay away, not to be a fear monger, but the reputable information I’ve come across with SSRIs is not good.

This is chronic daily use mind you but it puts me off from randomly munching my partners left over setraline for shits and giggles. I’ve never thought i could replicate some kind of pharma cocaine with taking say methylphenidate and setraline. I’m not educated enough to understand but far as I’m aware, Cocaines serotonin reuptake does not provide much to its effects (please say someone else if wrong) but the only difference there being it’s not “selective” whatever that means.

If anyone can weigh in why serotonin re uptake is so different outside of “it’s different” I’d be fascinated.