an interesting experiment: naltrexone

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Hello,

I just recall my case: 2 years ago I took seroxat

for 1 month, after 1 week I suddenly suffered from:

-depersonalization (had difficulties in recognizing myself

in a mirror, my hands started looking bigger, everything

got strange)

-complete physical numbness (no more sweating, no more

feelings of pain , penis insensitive ...)

-lack of emotions and libido, and no more pleasure when having sex

-as i had no more emotions my brain was not able to recognize the

emotions of other people either anymore, I fixed the

movements of the lips of other people when talking, but did

not know why

-problems with sleep

-chronic anger

situation did not improve after stopping seroxat. I tried several

treatments (was even diagnosed schizophrenia), but the situation

only improved very slowly (the best med was stablon, but the effect

stopped after 3 months)

One month and a half ago I started taking

naltrexone (50mg in the morning and 50mg in the evening). And my

situation improved

-physical numbness is completely away (even the genitals

do feel quite normal, for example now i feel the urine

flowing when going to the toilet, and scream when making love)

sweating is normal too

-my ability to recognize emotions in the faces of other

people came back, and depersonalization has improved a lot

-libido is now 40-50%, women are sexy again, but I don't

get horny at all when I have no sex (before getting sick

I got very horny when I had no orgasm since 1 day)

-sleep is normal again.

-I have a bit more emotions, but still not like before.

-I am better at doing sports, but still do not really enjoy

physical effort

-chronic anger has improved

-some sadness came back too

People also say me that I am fitter now.

However even if I think this is a partial success, I am

much more careful now, (I still feel very sorry for having

written that stablon almost healed me). I think I will have to

continue for a few more months until i can say something more

valid, and even if my situation improves, I don't know if

naltrexone might help other people (I suffer mainly from

depersonalization and physical numbness). Also naloxone might

cause depression, lack of libido, and even suicidal thoughts

according to the german paper that was in the box of naltrexone

(nalorex), and other side-effects. Probably nefazodone is more

promising, however naltrexone is the first substance I tried

that had no strong psychic effect (like feeling crazy, not beeing

yourself, having no more emotions, beeing in a dreamlike state ...)

Regards

Jean