I’ve used SSRIs for maybe 5 years, and I think they’ve been really useful, with no negative effects, and more or less unwavering efficacy. The only exception is that they’ve non-negligibly lowered my libido. But to be honest, I don’t mind it that much.
Also, few times where I’ve had to not use them for a while (travelling and was very stupid not to bring enough), the withdrawal effects were quite strange and somewhat scary.
I also feel they had some very strange positive effects. Like I think they made my reaction time improve by quite a bit. Although it could be something random coinciding with starting SSRIs. Or just me being confused. I haven’t tested it. On humanbenchmark I score around the same now as I did in high school. But I feel like I can catch falling things with much better regularity, and this was an almost immediate effect after starting.
I’ve used SSRIs for maybe 5 years, and I think they’ve been really useful, with no negative effects, and more or less unwavering efficacy. The only exception is that they’ve non-negligibly lowered my libido. But to be honest, I don’t mind it that much.
Also, few times where I’ve had to not use them for a while (travelling and was very stupid not to bring enough), the withdrawal effects were quite strange and somewhat scary.
I also feel they had some very strange positive effects. Like I think they made my reaction time improve by quite a bit. Although it could be something random coinciding with starting SSRIs. Or just me being confused. I haven’t tested it. On humanbenchmark I score around the same now as I did in high school. But I feel like I can catch falling things with much better regularity, and this was an almost immediate effect after starting.