Re: PSSD plus Parkinson's symptoms - anyone?

[Guest guest]

I had tremers, eyelids fluctuations, cramping feelings in my hands and

feet - my fingers would sort of stick to door handles and my feet would

feel as if they were sticking to the floor- and it felt like there were

1000.s of tiny insects crawling through my body. Pretty severe stuff

but it all completely healed up in 18 months, so I reckon you are in for

a good chance for getting over this.

After about 4 months off drugs my sex drive started to return and I

could have sex with my girlfreind, but only using my imagination

intensely too (by pretending to be at orgies and things). I reckon I

might of recoved but chronic stress killed this - the brain just can't

repair itself when highly stressed. Also, some people don't get PSSD

until a few weeks, or months after coming off drugs, so perhaps that is

what happened to me.

Damn nuisance, she was a lovely girlfriend, and very sexy too, but I

hardly felt anything. I lost her in the end. Every now and again I get

some photo's out of her and I get sad. She was very sweet, elegant, and

pretty, and the sex should have been amazing, perhaps the best ever.

Damn it!

Kv

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>

> Hello all,

>

> I have had PSSD for 6 years since taking Zoloft for a few months in

2006. I have 'full blown' PSSD with genital numbness, ejaculatory

anhedonia and no repsonse to visual stimuli.

>

> I have recently got a noticeable tremor in my right hand and right

foot, stiffness in my right hand and problems with handwriting. I saw a

neurologist today and he is concerned that I may have drug-induced

parkinsonism or Parkinson's disease itself. I told the neurologist about

PSSD and gave him some of the published PSSD articles (he did not know

about it, but is promising to keep an open mind).

>

> I am going to have a DAT scan which measures dopamine levels in the

brain. Obviously I am aware that one of the theories about the cause of

PSSD is that the SSRI down-regulates dopamine in some way and so am very

worried that the SSRI has now also caused Parkinson's, although these

symptoms have appeared many years later (whereas my PSSD was immediate

upon stopping the SSRI). I also took amityrptyline for a few months last

year for a bladder condition.

>

> There may be a more benign cause for these parkinson's-like symptoms

of course, but I am naturally suspicious. Has anyone else developed

tremors or muscle stiffness since stopping the SSRI? If so, did the

Parkinson's symptoms occur many years later, as in my case?

>

> I've completed the PSSD survey by the way - a welcome initiative and

long overdue! Let's hope some research comes out of it..

>

[Guest guest]

I'm going through a lot of sadnes at the moment about some of my ex

girlfiends and how I might have missed out on children. But I think I

better keep this post short, before I pour my heart out.

Thanks.

Kv

> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > I have had PSSD for 6 years since taking Zoloft for a few months in

> 2006. I have 'full blown' PSSD with genital numbness, ejaculatory

> anhedonia and no repsonse to visual stimuli.

> >

> > I have recently got a noticeable tremor in my right hand and right

> foot, stiffness in my right hand and problems with handwriting. I saw

a

> neurologist today and he is concerned that I may have drug-induced

> parkinsonism or Parkinson's disease itself. I told the neurologist

about

> PSSD and gave him some of the published PSSD articles (he did not know

> about it, but is promising to keep an open mind).

> >

> > I am going to have a DAT scan which measures dopamine levels in the

> brain. Obviously I am aware that one of the theories about the cause

of

> PSSD is that the SSRI down-regulates dopamine in some way and so am

very

> worried that the SSRI has now also caused Parkinson's, although these

> symptoms have appeared many years later (whereas my PSSD was immediate

> upon stopping the SSRI). I also took amityrptyline for a few months

last

> year for a bladder condition.

> >

> > There may be a more benign cause for these parkinson's-like symptoms

> of course, but I am naturally suspicious. Has anyone else developed

> tremors or muscle stiffness since stopping the SSRI? If so, did the

> Parkinson's symptoms occur many years later, as in my case?

> >

> > I've completed the PSSD survey by the way - a welcome initiative and

> long overdue! Let's hope some research comes out of it..

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Your doctor gave you a a tricyclic antidepressant, Amitriptyline, to treat a

bladder condition? (!)

Do you think that condition may been a result of the genital anesthesia you

developed after discontinuing Zoloft? I have problems with MY bladder too. It

gets too full because I have genital anesthesia, and I can't tell I need to

urinate until I feel pressure in my abdomen.

Kay

>

> Hello all,

>

> I have had PSSD for 6 years since taking Zoloft for a few months in 2006. I

have 'full blown' PSSD with genital numbness, ejaculatory anhedonia and no

repsonse to visual stimuli.

>

> I have recently got a noticeable tremor in my right hand and right foot,

stiffness in my right hand and problems with handwriting. I saw a neurologist

today and he is concerned that I may have drug-induced parkinsonism or

Parkinson's disease itself. I told the neurologist about PSSD and gave him some

of the published PSSD articles (he did not know about it, but is promising to

keep an open mind).

>

> I am going to have a DAT scan which measures dopamine levels in the brain.

Obviously I am aware that one of the theories about the cause of PSSD is that

the SSRI down-regulates dopamine in some way and so am very worried that the

SSRI has now also caused Parkinson's, although these symptoms have appeared many

years later (whereas my PSSD was immediate upon stopping the SSRI). I also took

amityrptyline for a few months last year for a bladder condition.

>

> There may be a more benign cause for these parkinson's-like symptoms of

course, but I am naturally suspicious. Has anyone else developed tremors or

muscle stiffness since stopping the SSRI? If so, did the Parkinson's symptoms

occur many years later, as in my case?

>

> I've completed the PSSD survey by the way - a welcome initiative and long

overdue! Let's hope some research comes out of it..

>

[Guest guest]

Don't count on that. A noted Harvard trained neurologist had my mom on

Parkinson's meds for 6 years. Last month he took her off the meds and declared

she never had Parkinson's at all, only tremors.

At least now I can get a whole bottle of leftover l-dopa if I want.

> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > I have had PSSD for 6 years since taking Zoloft for a few months in 2006. I

have 'full blown' PSSD with genital numbness, ejaculatory anhedonia and no

repsonse to visual stimuli.

> >

> > I have recently got a noticeable tremor in my right hand and right foot,

stiffness in my right hand and problems with handwriting. I saw a neurologist

today and he is concerned that I may have drug-induced parkinsonism or

Parkinson's disease itself. I told the neurologist about PSSD and gave him some

of the published PSSD articles (he did not know about it, but is promising to

keep an open mind).

> >

> > I am going to have a DAT scan which measures dopamine levels in the brain.

Obviously I am aware that one of the theories about the cause of PSSD is that

the SSRI down-regulates dopamine in some way and so am very worried that the

SSRI has now also caused Parkinson's, although these symptoms have appeared many

years later (whereas my PSSD was immediate upon stopping the SSRI). I also took

amityrptyline for a few months last year for a bladder condition.

> >

> > There may be a more benign cause for these parkinson's-like symptoms of

course, but I am naturally suspicious. Has anyone else developed tremors or

muscle stiffness since stopping the SSRI? If so, did the Parkinson's symptoms

occur many years later, as in my case?

> >

> > I've completed the PSSD survey by the way - a welcome initiative and long

overdue! Let's hope some research comes out of it..

> >

>