Re: SSRIs and loss of sensation .

[Guest guest]

Yes, I have numbness on my fingers, hands, legs, face. My whole body and mind if numb, not just my genitals. I feel numb to most feelings and emotions. Any where you can name, I have less sensation. I can pinch my arm really really hard and it not even really hurt much but then the next day I can see the redness. I can do lots of painful things and it not even phase me. Kinda scary since I could have bad judgement and think I'm invincible since I feel less pain and do something stupid and find out I'm really not invincible. I would give almost anything to be normal again.

[Guest guest]

I never got numbness, but I did start to notice some twitching while on

meds. When I stopped taking them, though, the twithching a lot worse,

but even more frightening was the sensation of thousands of tiny insects

crawling through my body. There was literally thousands of these tiny

little twitches and pops going on throughout my body which took about

ten months to subside. My brain was most certainly fried by these drugs

and I still twitch a bit now.

I briefly saw a psychologist soon after stopping meds who turned out not

to be very helpful as he said there was much wrong with me. He also

wondered why the twitching worried me so much, which made me feel I was

making a big thing out of nothing - and that made me so angry. He

terminated the therapy after one session saying I was okay, but I am a

bit of a survivor so it looks like I cope with things really well.

I wasn't sure if my loss of sex drive was caused by medication at the

time but I mention this to him. He wasn't all that interested.

I really hate these professionals with their cold indifference. No one

seems to care all that much.

Kv

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> Doesn't anyone find that with the PSSD they also have dull skin close

to numbness on there fingertips, forearms,lips,legs, etc . I have that

on most parts of my body like fingertips and palms of my hands, the loss

of sensation is so bad that there's no sense of pleasure when those

areas are touched, almost numb , completely dull. Wonder if

hypothyrodism can cause that, i take syntroid for it so that shouldn't

be the problem.

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[Guest guest]

Another frightening symptom I had was a mild cramping so it felt like my feet

were sticking to the floor as I walked and that my hands would gripped things

like door handles, tools, pens, etc. Everything felt sticky. It took 6 months to

subside but I still had mild cramping in my feet whenever I was in the shower

and this lasted for over a year. I eventually fully recovered showing that the

brain can repair some of this type of damage.

Kv

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> I have the same thing , I can pinch myself however deep stimulation will cause

pain, it's the nerve endings at the surface of are skin that is all f...ked up.

I have the same numbness as you man. We will get through this .

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> To: " SSRIsex " <SSRIsex >

> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 8:42:37 PM

> Subject: Re: SSRIs and loss of sensation .

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> Yes, I have numbness on my fingers, hands, legs, face.  My whole body and

mind if numb, not just my genitals.  I feel numb to most feelings and emotions.

 Any where you can name, I have less sensation.  I can pinch my arm really

really hard and it not even really hurt much but then the next day I can see the

redness.  I can do lots of painful things and it not even phase me.  Kinda

scary since I could have bad judgement and think I'm invincible since I feel

less pain and do something stupid and find out I'm really not invincible.  I

would give almost anything to be normal again.

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[Guest guest]

No, I never recovered from PSSD, and I still have genital numbness - it feels

lke a bit of polystyrene.

But the twitching mostly stopped, and the crawling insect sensation plus

cramping has gone too.

Kv

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> My feet feel numb and cold sometimes now. My feet were number a couple months

ago, so it's not as bad now. I also had some trouble gripping things with my

hands.  It's improved a bit also. I also have really bad cramping in my left

buttock. I'm not sure if this is related to the SSRI.

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> You say you've fully recovered.  Hopefully that means you have recovered from

PSSD also..

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