Could one antidepressant causing PSSD increase the risk of another making it worse?
Either Lexapro or Prozac gave me PSSD. I’m 18(F), I was put on SSRIs when I was 12 years old, blah blah my life is hell, etc. etc.
I quit Lexapro cold turkey two years ago and both my PSSD and general mental health got much, much worse. Both are terrible at this point and I cannot live this way, so I’m thinking of starting Pristiq as a sort of last resort. (SNRI)
Not that my PSSD can get any worse (because it CANT!😊), but you all know that starting another antidepressant after getting your life torn away from you is terrifying. I’m worried that there’s a chance that starting another antidepressant could limit the possibility of future recovery.
Does anyone have any insight on this? Should I consider ketamine therapy before going back to antidepressants? I know we’re all speculating, but I’d appreciate any input or personal experience.
By the way, stay strong guys. We go through so much and I know very few people could possibly understand but life is still so beautiful around us. I know this condition is blinding and terrible and scary and beyond upsetting, and my heart goes out to each and every one of you. There are so many more pleasures in this life than sexual ones and we gotta seek ‘em out or this bullshit will win and we can’t let that happen. Love to you all.