Posted by Francesco on June 18, 2003, at 15:19:47
I'm 27 and I'am actually on Celexa (40 mg). I am sleepy all day and I dont'experience pleausure anymore. To be honest I dont't even experience anxiety or depression, so the point is that I don't actually experience anything. My main problem when I started to take ADs, ten years ago, was that I had difficuly in concentrating on study and my med said was OCD. So I took Anafranil for many years, which really helped with my problem (I actually took a degree in philosophy) but messed up my the rest of my life (weight gain, social anxiety which I had never had before, apathy and so on). When I stopped Anafranil I began again to live, enjoyng myself and the people I stayed with, being attractive for the other sex, and having will to have sex too. But my concentration problems returned (now I'm taking a PHD and therefore I should have to study again). So I decided myself to try first Paxil which unfortunately drove me really aggressive, obsessively jeaulos and paranoid (despite my 'normal me' is a quite calm person, even if neurotic). Finally I turned to Celexa after a short period of 'normal' life, having normal ups and downs, non-chemical emotions I mean, but not being able to study.
My question is: is there anyone who is on ADs and feels to be happy, or almost normal, being on them ? Reading hundreds of your posts I could hardly find one or two. So the point is: are ADs a complete swindle or is there really someone who experienced the 'cure' effect ? I don't want to be provocatory, just understand.
Sorry for mistakes, I'm Italian and good look to everyone.
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thread:234845
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