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Having taken SSRI's before, and experienced their withdrawal symptoms, I'd almost rather have COVID.
by Zelphyr 5y ago
Having taken SSRI's before, and experienced their withdrawal symptoms, I'd almost rather have COVID.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 5y agoBrain zaps? Still better than benzo withdrawal though!
- Zelphyr 5y agoBrain zaps. Feeling like I was going to puke all day every day for a month. I somehow avoided one of the more common side-effects and withdrawal symptoms: panic and/or anxiety. The two reasons I was taking the SSRI's to begin with. I should have done the research beforehand to know that the medication has the potential to make worse the symptoms it is supposed to remedy. In the end, therapy did way more for me than those pills ever did.
- bserge 5y agoYou need to taper off. And I mean really gradually over weeks. Sadly, they don't even work for me, yet doctors are hellbent on me trying them and won't prescribe anything else. Guess I'll die lol
- nradov 5y agoIf fluvoxamine is used for COVID-19 treatment it will probably only be administered for a couple weeks so withdrawal symptoms should be minimal.
- tsomctl 5y agoHaving experienced both, I'd prefer to have COVID. The only reason why I'd take SSRI's for COVID is to prevent the multi month recovery of symptoms.
- sergiomattei 5y agoCurrently on a selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, side effects are wonky...
- aaaaaaaaaaab 5y agoHow long? Most side effects should be gone after ~1 month.
- sergiomattei 5y agoSide effects are starting to subside for me after a week, so I'm hopeful..
- httpsterio 5y agoI had 0 issues when I've stopped, I've been on Voxra (bupropion) and Escitalopram. Meds that cause brain zaps like Voxra need to be stopped over a longer period of time, for me I got off them in a month after being on the max dose but for many that's way too fast as well.
- jerry80 5y agoFYI, bupropion is not an SSRI. Escitalopram is.
- BenjiWiebe 5y agoI had brain zaps with escitalopram, but not very bad. I went off over the course of 2-3 weeks.
- heavyset_go 5y agoIt's usually SSRIs and SNRIs that are associated with brain zap withdrawal symptoms. Bupropion is an NDRI.
- Mo3 5y agoTaking an SSRI and it saved my life. I‘d rather be the happy motivated SSRI addict than be left with permanent lung damage etc