It's like the left lobe doesn't know what the right is doing...or something

[teencake]

I kind of forgot, once again, that I even have a Livejournal and that I have interesting friends who posts things here. It seems I also forgot that I was attempting to record my attempt to go off SSRIs here. My last post was August 5th, and I was down to a quarter dose and doing well by taking two fish oil pills per day along with 150 mg of

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[originalkitsune]

I hate to be a bearer of bad news, but with some people, the withdrawal lasts forever so that the people can never get off the SSRI. :(

But what we can try is to see if creating a serotonin rich diet can improve your symptoms when you get off.

http://www.muscle-health-fitness.com/foods-that-increase-serotonin.html

Also 5HTP is a TEMPORARY supplement you can take to help spike serotonin when you get a low that tries to force you back onto the SSRI.

[teencake]

Thank you. I have heard of a few people who have this problem, but I was just hoping they were a very tiny minority and not me. I dunno, I seem to be very sensitive to changes in brain chemistry, which is why I've been able to be on such small doses to begin with, and I suspect, why I've been unable to quit.

Thanks for this link.