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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 25 points 2 days ago (12 children)

So taking this would be all side effects and no benefits

So it's basically the same as Prozac? ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

[โ€“] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 days ago (9 children)

If you have depression anxiety and find that Prozac (an ssri) doesnt work well, you might consider something that directly works on dopamine - like Buproprion (brand name = wellbutrin, a NDRI, norepinephrine dopamine reuptake inhibitor).

[โ€“] entwine413@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

SNRIs are also an option, but they can be worse to get off of than heroin.

I was on Effexor XR Max Dose, and one day when I realized that it had effectively killed all feelings I stopped cold turkey, zero side effects. My doctor thinks I have a very high drug tolerance, to the point that anything I'm put on nowadays is just started at close to the max dose. I'm on a drug right now that is prescribed at a level that would normally result in death for most people, and he thinks I can go higher if I need to.

Downside is pain drugs don't work, at all. He told me they'd need to give me IV pain meds if I really needed any pain suppression.

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