Re: Re: Antidepressants and thyroid-Carla

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I'll sure confirm all of that with you Debbie. I gave each and every one of

the SSRIs a fair trial of several wks and was totally miserable on ALL of

them. My skin turned this weird yellowish color, I felt very " dead " and

lifeless, 10 times worse than the depression itself. I was nauseous the

entire time, and became very " indifferent " to everything in a very weird

way.

Tx

Re: Antidepressants and thyroid-Carla

> Happy New Year to you too and I wanted to tell you what Genie wrote

> in a post awhile back about antidepressants. Of course it's your

> choice what you pefer to take but here's what she said about them (I

> think it was post #1381:

>

> 's response is correct! Patients with Hashimoto's should

> *NOT* take Zoloft (Sertraline). This is not " new information " ...

> physicians were made aware of this a few years ago, Carla!

> Zoloft belongs to a class of drugs known as SSRI's (Selective

> Seratonin

> Reuptake Inhibitors) and includes; Prozac, Paxil, Celexa, Lexapro,

> etc..

> Many patients with thyroid disease cannot tolerate any SSRI's.

>

> I know I tried to take Zoloft, and other antidepressants after being

> dx'd with Hashi's and I just could not tolerate them at all. I felt

> awful, had skin and hair crawlies, had the shakes and yawning at the

> same time, just felt really bad and that was while I was still on

> the initial half dose for two weeks. Usually, they have you take a

> half the first week then go to a full dose the next week. I

> couldn't even tolerate a half of the lowest dosage of any of them.

>

> I am on an antidepressant now but I only take it at night. It's

> called Remeron and is used off label as a sleep aide and boy, it

> works great for me and I didn't ever have any of the symptoms like I

> had from Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, etc.

>

> Genie once suggested to others, that have panic attacks that getting

> something like Ativan, Xanax, or even Valium, for panic attacks

> instead of using an antidepressant. If you search around message

> #1381 and Genie's posts, you'll be able to find out alot of good

> information from her.

>

> {{hugs}}

> Debbie

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Everyone reacts very differently to depression and anxiety meds... I am doing fantastic on Wellbutrin but it gave my bosses son a seizure. My boss takes Klonopin (no joke) and if I tried that I;d be a sleep for a week!

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I'll sure confirm all of that with you Debbie. I gave each and every one ofthe SSRIs a fair trial of several wks and was totally miserable on ALL ofthem. My skin turned this weird yellowish color, I felt very "dead" andlifeless, 10 times worse than the depression itself. I was nauseous theentire time, and became very "indifferent" to everything in a very weirdway.Tx