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Originally Posted by DechanDawa
I took an antidepressant SSRI 20 years ago and had a bad reaction with severe agitated depression and anxiety among other symptoms. So I didn't really want to try an SSRI again but my doctor convinced me. It was even worse. I was dangerously suicidal in three days, as well as with intolerable anxiety for which my doctor would not prescribe anything. I hate to sound like such a big baby but I really felt traumatized from SSRI's. My doctor said I had an allergic reaction, whatever that means. I am not willing to go through that again. But what are the alternatives? Should I email my pdoc and ask her?
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There are alternatives if you cannot cope. SNRIs were developed to work better than SSRIs. Whether they do is debatable. NASSAs, like Mirtazapine which I take, are for people who have problems taking SSRIs and have severe Clinical Depression. Then there are the older TCAs and MAOIs, which have potentially more side effects, but can be effective in the short term.
I would email your PDoc, it doesn't hurt to get an opinion.
Dave.