Hi I’m new to the forum as I’m looking for any advice to cope with SSRI side effects. I’m referring to: lack of concentration, tiredness mentally and physically, sleeping excessive hours like 12, low libido, and just a lack of motivation. I’m 22 and have been on Paxil for 7 years to treat Anxiety, Depression, and OCD. I’m currently taking 40 MG of Paxil at night. I have heard adding Wellbutrin to an SSRI can help with these side effects because it works on increasing Dopamine so I brought it up to my Doctor but he said he likes to keep his patients on as few medications as possible and Wellbutrin has a higher probability to cause insomnia so I might need a sleeping pill on top of Paxil and Wellbutrin. He would like to switch me from Paxil to Effexor which is a SNRI or another SSRI. It terrifies me to switch from a medication that does work for me to treat my mental illness to another medication that might not work for me as well as the emotional roller coaster I can imagine getting off a medication especially Paxil to another medication. I have researched how to combat these SSRI side effects and haven’t had much success. I used L Tyrosine and that worked great for about 2 months with the tiredness and motivation but unfortunately I must have got used to it and now it does nothing for me. Same thing happened with Acetyl Carnitine. I also took Maca for about 3 days and it made my anxiety and depression worse for weeks. I have read Progivil might be a possible option or Adderall but I’m not sure. If anyone has any advice to what I should do I would greatly appreciate it.
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