Doc's get me on a course of it until I get to a proper shrink for adjustment. Shit worth a shit? ... I already self medicate with hydergine and piracetam for my nootropics. Some better shit out there?

Hmm... is shit worth a shit?

I used to take it and prolly will again once I get myself to the loony bin, so yeah.

I hear it takes your sex drive away.

It's an SSRI so it's guaranteed that it's good. The only problem with it is that, like amphetamines, when your body is out of its own serotonin, it becomes next to useless because it's not a serotonin agonist.

(April 16, 2014 at 7:01 pm)Ksa Wrote: It's an SSRI so it's guaranteed that it's good.

For some definitions of good, I suppose. They work for a lot of people. Others have unmanageable side effects from them.

Personally, I can pretty much guarantee that the outcome of me taking SSRIs is likely to be something other than good.

Changes in libido are sometimes reported with the SSRIs, but the fact that you might have that side effect doesn't mean that you will necessarily have that side effect. You can always discontinue the medication if you don't like the side effects. They typically stop once you stop taking the medication or shortly thereafter. And you might value the positives from being on the medication more than you dislike the side effects. Generally speaking, with SSRIs, you will have a good idea of how it will affect you, good and bad, in 2-6 weeks. (Some drug sheets list the percentages alongside the adverse symptoms, but I don't have one to link you to that does this for Paxil. Actually, I do. It says decreased libido in male and female patients ranges from 3% to 15% - http://www.drugs.com/sfx/paxil-side-effects.html)