I am taking Lexapro but I feel like it makes me care less about everything. The lows are less low but my positive emotions are dulled also. Has anyone felt the same way or fixed this?
Im on Lexapro also and I find the same thing happens to me. I just try to be more mindful and present, but it is hard
Yep it’s called emotional blunting .. happened to me when I was on too high a dose of sertraline
Question, how long did it take for it to go away when you switched back to a lower dosage?
@Anonymous I ended up coming off SSRI’s bc I felt like a zombie so now I’m sort of the opposite I feel way too much 😂
@Anonymous Honestly it’s just takes like a week or 2 for your brain to readjust to the new dosage though
Yeah same, the various times ive tried ssri I feel dull and overall like grey and low energy, and it makes me sleep longer. Maybe the dose is too high for you as well? From the research articles I’ve read online medication isn’t really a good solution especially not long term. It seems good for a particularly difficult episode in life but not something that will help cure people in the long run..
This happened to me on Citalopram. Can relate.
Yes, SSRIs seems to just dull my emotion without solving the issue, they don't lift me up or help the intrusive thinking
Hi everyone, I’m 23 and have been on Zoloft since I was 16. For the past couple months I’ve been having panic attacks more and I’m sick of feeling like a zombie everyday. My boyfriend said I’m very sad and unhappy then when I first met him 2 years ago…. He thinks it’s the medicine. Throughout the years I have upped and lowered my medication, but now, I feel as though it’s not helping. Either it was too much where I didn’t feel emotions at all like very scary stuff or it wasn’t enough to help me. I was given 5mg of Lexapro to try…. I’m scared to take it. All I know is how Zoloft is. I don’t want to go crazy on it, be allergic to it, etc. I feel like I’m going to trip myself out when I take it and not actually feel the difference. I could really use some positive feedback I really just want to be a normal human😭
I know this isn’t directly ocd related but I feel like it’s got to be a shared experience between a lot of us. When I ask in fitness groups no one seems to have anything to offer. Anywhooo I started celexa in October I believe? In January I started going hard in the gym and tracking my macros to a tee. In the past I have done this and got really fit and muscular. This time around the progress has been going at a snails pace. I almost feel like progress has even haulted and hasn’t even been that long. Anyway I really think I have a good amount of knowledge on this stuff and mostly want to know if anyone has had this experience after taking celexa? I can’t think of another factor that it could be. I would almost like to get off of it because of it. I hate to sound vain but with the extra weight I feel depressed and uncomfortable. I’m putting in soooo much work and seeing the results but like I said it’s going ridiculously slow. Any advice for this kind of thing? Thank you :)
17f It's day 18 of taking 50 mg of Zoloft And while it doesn't do shit for my OCD, it's still terrible, tbh even worse than it was before meds I almost constantly feel that weird forced happiness-anxiety. I can't sit still, I constantly have new thoughts, good and bad, I constantly feel some weird energy I need to put somewhere but I can't. Like im myself am on the calmer and quieter side. Also I hate physical touch. But on meds. I'm suddenly so energized and extroverted, I'm constantly talking and also I became extremely physically affectionate which is so fucking weird. It's just like im not me anymore, real version of me was replaced by this weirdly happy fake one which is not even that happy, but OCD is still there and is still terrible.
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