Originally posted by Discipline
| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
A few years back I was on Celexa (if I remember correctly) and it seemed alright until I had been on it for a while and then had to go without for a
couple weeks. Every day I was off of it my anger got worse and worse until it was a constant rage that had me ready to kill anyone and everyone I came
into contact with. I talked to my doctor and was told that I should stay away from that shit completely and maybe look into something else on down the
road. Part of the reason I was taking the meds to begin with was for anger issues, so to see that come back in an ultra-mega-mutated form just from
being off them again for a short time was pretty fucking scary. I was diagnosed with long term depression with occasional spikes of extreme depression
in conjunction with anger issues on top of an addictive personality when I got on that shit and I had actually gone in to have myself locked up to
keep from killing myself not long before I started seeing that doctor. I'm really really glad that my head had cleared enough by the time I was
screened at the hospital for them to realize I was no longer a threat to myself because I really think being locked up would have been a very bad
thing for me. Anyway, a month or two later I found a very cool doctor who hooked up services on the cheap and was very understanding and helpful for
my situation. She prescribed the meds and like I said, they seemed to work pretty well up until I had to go off them for what was supposed to be a
short time. With that kind of backlash from them I decided it was in the best interest of me and everyone around me to clear that completely out of my
system and I have been much better ever since. Sure, I have the occasional spike of depression or anger, but I've learned to deal with it much better
and haven't ever tried any other meds.
I did really enjoy the sexual side effect of that one because I could go for literally hours before finishing off with a massive explosion that left
me feeling happy for days. My doc said that was the strongest reaction in that particular area that she had ever heard of, but that she thought it was
probably a pretty damn nice addition to the anti-depressant result. |
I had the same problem the first time I came off the meds. You're supposed to ween yourself off with lower andlower doses as opposed to stopping cold
turkey. I stopped cold turkey because I was out of money and I went crazy. I would attack people on the street if they looked at me funny or said
something to me. I walked into my doctor's office one day with blood on my hands because I beat up a couple of smartass teenagers in the parking lot
for saying something about the shirt I was wearing. When I explained to my doctor what happened he gave six months worth of free samples to get me
back on as soon as possible. I tried coming off them (properly) another time and was okay for a few months, but then the depression, anger, and
suicidal thoughts came back full strength and I wasn't able to function on a daily basis and was borderline agoraphobic, so my doctor put me back on
them. I still have a lot of problems but the meds take the edge of and help me try to stay level-headed.
The sexual side effects are definitely awesome.
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