Posted by mike lynch on July 18, 2006, at 18:37:21
When I came off prozac I experienced a surge of positive emotion that went through my body. This only happened when I was in the weaning stage, when I was actually on the drug my emotions seemed inhibited.
As the drug completely left my system, I felt a deteoration in emotion, I went on the drugs because I was *TO* emotional, and now it seems my interests don't provide me with the emotional pleasure that they use to.
If it's a really stimulating and enjoyable activity like being with friends, I enjoy it enough, but smaller things that I use to enjoy doing just don't give me the emotional pleasure they use to,I just don't have to desire, essentially unless I'm doing something very stimulating and enjoyable my emotions are just to unresponsive to enjoy many, small things I use to enjoy.
I almost feel like a meth addict who, after abusing drugs for a long time, is no longer able to experience emotional pleasure from doing things because the drugs wore out his or her receptors, can this happen, can the constant tinkering with brain chemicals wear them out, could this be depression - even though I never had this kind before, has anyone else experienced anything like this before?? I almost feel fine, and I would be fine, if it weren't feeling just completely, emotionally detathced from the world.
poster:mike lynch
thread:668080
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