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Antidepressants can numb enjoyment as well as pain by making patients feel emotionally dull, scientists say
2023-01-24
Feel like a neutered zombie?
They say the same thing about schizophrenia meds.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIS) cause 'blunting' of enjoyment

  • They target serotonin and take away emotional pain but also some enjoyment

  • 'Blunting' could affect between 40 and 60 per cent of patients taking SSRIs

Posted by:Skidmark

#2  I've known many people on these and I can attest about half of them are like this. Now can science figure out why some they effect like this and others they don't?
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-01-24 21:54  

#1  When your spouse is yelling at you its good to have your senses dulled!
Posted by: borgboy   2023-01-24 13:27  

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