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Comprehensive list of SSRI adverse effects

January 17, 2009 at 9:46 am (Anxiety/Stress, Depression, Medicine/Meds, Mental Health/Illness, Self-Injury, Suicide)
Tags: Abdominal pain or cramps, Abnormal smells or tastes, Abnormal visual sensations, Adverse Effects, Aggressiveness, Agitation (restlessness, antidepressant, Antidepressants, anxious, Auditory hallucinations, Blurred vision, breathless), burning, Change in appetite, Chest pain, Chills, Confusion or cognitive difficulties, Crying spells, Diarrhea, Disequilibrium, Drooling or excessive saliva, drugs, Effexor, Effexor XR, Electric shock-like sensations in the body, Electric zap-like sensations in the brain, Elevated mood (feeling high), Excessive or intense dreaming, Feeling detached or unreal, Feeling of restless legs, Fever, Flu-like aches and pains, Headache, Homicidal thoughts or urges, Hung over or waterlogged feeling, hyperactivity), Impulsivity, Insomnia or trouble sleeping, irritability, jittery, justAna, lethargy, lightheaded, Low energy (fatigue, malaise), Manic-like reactions, medication, meds, Memory problems or forgetfulness, Mood swings, Motion sickness, Muscle cramps, Nausea, nervous, nightmares, Numbness, or shaking, or tingling, org, Panic attacks (racing heart, poor coordination, psych drugs, psych medication, psych meds, psychotropics, Ringing or other noises in the ears, Runny nose, self-harm, side effects, Slurred speech, Sore eyes, Spinning, SSRI, SSRIs, stiffness, Stomach bloating, suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempts, swaying, Sweats, tense, The Effexor Activist, theeffexoractivist, Trembling, Tremor, Trouble concentrating, twitches, Uncontrollable twitching of mouth, Unsteady gait, venlafaxine, Visual hallucinations, Vomiting, withdrawal, withdrawal effects, withdrawal symptoms, Worsened mood

justAna posted a comprehensive list of SSRI side/withdrawal effects that can be found on TheEffexorActivist.org. And it's freaking crazy. I've bolded the ones that I've experienced. (I've been pretty lucky, though.) Here we go:

ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.

1. Crying spells
2. Worsened mood
3. Low energy (fatigue, lethargy, malaise)
4. Trouble concentrating
5. Insomnia or trouble sleeping

6. Change in appetite
7. Suicidal thoughts
8. Suicide attempts

9. Anxious, nervous, tense
10. Panic attacks (racing heart, breathless)

11. Chest pain
12. Trembling, jittery,or shaking
13. Irritability
14. Agitation (restlessness, hyperactivity)
15. Impulsivity
16. Aggressiveness
17. Self-harm

18. Homicidal thoughts or urges
19. Confusion or cognitive difficulties
20. Memory problems or forgetfulness
21. Elevated mood (feeling high)
22. Mood swings
23. Manic-like reactions

24. Auditory hallucinations
25. Visual hallucinations
26. Feeling detached or unreal
27. Excessive or intense dreaming
28. Nightmares

29. Flu-like aches and pains
30. Fever
31. Sweats
32. Chills

33. Runny nose
34. Sore eyes
35. Nausea
36. Vomiting
37. Diarrhea
38. Abdominal pain or cramps
39. Stomach bloating
40. Disequilibrium
41. Spinning, swaying, lightheaded

42. Hung over or waterlogged feeling
43. Unsteady gait, poor coordination
44. Motion sickness
45. Headache
46. Tremor
47. Numbness, burning, or tingling
48. Electric zap-like sensations in the brain
49. Electric shock-like sensations in the body
50. Abnormal visual sensations

51. Ringing or other noises in the ears
52. Abnormal smells or tastes
53. Drooling or excessive saliva
54. Slurred speech
55. Blurred vision
56. Muscle cramps, stiffness, twitches
57. Feeling of restless legs
58. Uncontrollable twitching of mouth

I've also gotten rashes coming off of Effexor. I was also on Lamictal as well so I don't think it's common. Ana puts it best when she says:

Reading these words does not give an idea of what does it really is to feel these symptoms.

Hoo boy, it sure doesn't.

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