Did you take your meds today?

[Lestat]

It seems like a LOT of people on the spectrum react badly to SSRIs.

[odeon]

Um, how many are a lot, exactly?

['andersom']

Had some meds.

[midlifeaspie]

Interesting how different our experiences seem to be.

Brain chemistry is interesting, and how differently people respond to these meds proves just how little we understand how it works.

[Lestat]

Exactly? I couldn't put a precise figure on it, but a great many of those I know do react really badly to SSRIs, and I see a lot of posts on various autie/aspie forums that recount nasty experiences with them.

[Queen Victoria]

I have had a bitch of a night and I'm about to take

1 Ambien  -  Sleep
1 Aspririn - Heart health
2 Benadryl - Sleep
2 40 mg Celexa - Depression
1 Flexaril - Muscle relaxant
1 Meloxicam - Arthritis pain
10 mg Melatonin - Sleep
1 Zyrtec - Allergies

and go to bed.  You notice I've covered the alphabet from A - Z.

[odeon]

Interesting how different our experiences seem to be.

Brain chemistry is interesting, and how differently people respond to these meds proves just how little we understand how it works.

So true. True and scary.

[odeon]

Exactly? I couldn't put a precise figure on it, but a great many of those I know do react really badly to SSRIs, and I see a lot of posts on various autie/aspie forums that recount nasty experiences with them.

Many of the nasty experiences happen when people stop using them, I believe. I went cold turkey, a couple of years ago, and it was not a pleasant experience.

[renaeden]

Exactly? I couldn't put a precise figure on it, but a great many of those I know do react really badly to SSRIs, and I see a lot of posts on various autie/aspie forums that recount nasty experiences with them.

Many of the nasty experiences happen when people stop using them, I believe. I went cold turkey, a couple of years ago, and it was not a pleasant experience.

Lexapro was fine until I came off it. The brain zaps were horrible.

['andersom']

Interesting how different our experiences seem to be.

Brain chemistry is interesting, and how differently people respond to these meds proves just how little we understand how it works.

So true. True and scary.

I'm glad to visit a health-clinic that is very observant and careful in and when prescribing meds. For people on the spectrum, the reactions seem to be more often not standard, on the medication. They closely monitor that. Not all unexpected side-effects are bad btw. But, for some, finding the right medication, if it is there, can take a while.
A friend of mine went through two bad experiences with anti-depressants, before he found one that finally made the depression disappear. So, for him, some SSRI's really suck, where the last one is a miracle for him.

[Lestat]

I meant reactions immediately on starting one of the SSRIs, not coming off them. That is known to be a pretty fucking rough experience.

Just took my morning oxy shot, and a quinine tablet for the muscle spasm in my leg, just about to take my morning dose of chlormethiazole and clonidine also, and some indomethacin later.

I decided to slightly more than double the dose of chlormethiazole though, as when I went to get it out of the bottle I found I had a whole bunch of capsules left, I thought I only had three, but instead there was a decent sized handful still left.

[Callaway]

Yes.

[Peter]

I meant reactions immediately on starting one of the SSRIs, not coming off them. That is known to be a pretty fucking rough experience.

I get a moderately pleasant reaction on starting them, but it only lasts a day or two.  Weeks/months later, the side effects start becoming significant.

["couldbecousin"]

  Yes, now going to add a multivitamin and a garlic capsule. 

A vampire move into the neighborhood?

  Well, I do live in a city with a fairly high crime rate, ya never know! 

[odeon]

I did, yes. And pain meds.