Grief on SSRI and Body responses
Hi, Interested to hear from others with similar situations.
I, 64F, lost my 91 year old father last month. Prior to being on a low dose SSRI I had experienced grief before, the sudden, metastsized cancer, in a younger person sort. Knocked me on my butt for 6 months.
My fathers death was neither unexpected, and, to be honest, comes with its fair share of relief. I took a week off for the emergency trip to his side and to fly back and process privately. I have very generous PTO at my company. My close friends have been attentive.
Because of my SSRIs my emotional response has been muted. Conversely, my usually reliable, athletic, easy going body is taking the brunt of this grief. My gut feels inflamed, my joints are rebelling, my muscles are sore.
Its all very low key annoying, rather than debilitating . I worked yesterday and did my usual workout after work. However, I finally took a larger dose of ibuprofen last night, went to bed insanely early. I woke with less physical pain this morning, but can feel the physical symptoms wanting to creep back.