Acidrefluxboy
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I was recently on an SSRI for 6 weeks. The first week I was able to jump out of bed in the morning refreshed. That sympton slowly completely reversed a week later, and now am still experiencing hypersomia three weeks after tapering off. I found this blurb on pointofreturn.com:
"Antidepressants operate by forcing the amount of serotonin in the brain higher by blocking the natural recycling process to other neurons. But elevated serotonin triggers the production of Cortisol and Adrenaline (Epinephrine), which is the body's natural reaction from the body to combat the excess Serotonin levels. This is what gives the boost or euphoric state that can last for a period of time. However, as Serotonin remains unnaturally high, the adrenals become fatigued and cause levels of Adrenaline to decline while the Cortisol increases. The adrenals become exhausted, which helps to explain the fatigue and other symptoms that many SSRI-Antidepressant users report."
Could this explain the at first stimulating and then hypersomia symptoms I experienced? It described them rather well. I have always had trouble getting out of bed, but it now seems worse. I am hoping I get back to where I was before the SSRI in the coming weeks.
"Antidepressants operate by forcing the amount of serotonin in the brain higher by blocking the natural recycling process to other neurons. But elevated serotonin triggers the production of Cortisol and Adrenaline (Epinephrine), which is the body's natural reaction from the body to combat the excess Serotonin levels. This is what gives the boost or euphoric state that can last for a period of time. However, as Serotonin remains unnaturally high, the adrenals become fatigued and cause levels of Adrenaline to decline while the Cortisol increases. The adrenals become exhausted, which helps to explain the fatigue and other symptoms that many SSRI-Antidepressant users report."
Could this explain the at first stimulating and then hypersomia symptoms I experienced? It described them rather well. I have always had trouble getting out of bed, but it now seems worse. I am hoping I get back to where I was before the SSRI in the coming weeks.
