Antidepressants did this to me. I had been on them since I was twelve, weened myself off them at 33. My emotional center has been gradually waking up ever since. Being able to cry when I need to is such a blessing.
you weren’t able to cry on antidepressants? I’ve maxed out the dosage on one antidepressant before switching to another and I’ve always been able to cry
I’m mostly unable to cry on sertraline. It actually really fucked me up when I was trying to mourn the loss of a friend and couldn’t. I finally cried once after I had an ulcerative colitis incident involving shitting myself in my car after what had otherwise been a really amazing day, I think it took that full spectrum drop in mood to allow it to happen.
I think what happened to me had a lot to do with the age at which I started taking them. We now know that antidepressants shouldn’t be prescribed to brains that haven’t finished developing. So in most cases anyone under the age of 26.
Introducing antidepressants to the brain of a traumatized 12 year old basically neutered my emotional center and made me asexual. They also acted as puberty blockers as I didn’t hit puberty until I was 17 and it happened when they switched my meds. I grew 16 inches in a year.
Antidepressants did this to me. I had been on them since I was twelve, weened myself off them at 33. My emotional center has been gradually waking up ever since. Being able to cry when I need to is such a blessing.
you weren’t able to cry on antidepressants? I’ve maxed out the dosage on one antidepressant before switching to another and I’ve always been able to cry
I’m mostly unable to cry on sertraline. It actually really fucked me up when I was trying to mourn the loss of a friend and couldn’t. I finally cried once after I had an ulcerative colitis incident involving shitting myself in my car after what had otherwise been a really amazing day, I think it took that full spectrum drop in mood to allow it to happen.
I think what happened to me had a lot to do with the age at which I started taking them. We now know that antidepressants shouldn’t be prescribed to brains that haven’t finished developing. So in most cases anyone under the age of 26.
Introducing antidepressants to the brain of a traumatized 12 year old basically neutered my emotional center and made me asexual. They also acted as puberty blockers as I didn’t hit puberty until I was 17 and it happened when they switched my meds. I grew 16 inches in a year.
Giving antidepressants to a kid is child
abuse.
The person who downvoted me can fuck off forever
Two years now and it’s awful. Crying is good, I want to cry damnit! At least, your comment reassured me that they will come back