Mental jolts/shocks while trying to fall asleep

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors do exactly that: Inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, thus leaving excess serotonin which allows this stimulation to continue. It has long been known that inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin will produce depression, suicide, violence, psychosis, mania, cravings for alcohol and other drugs, reckless driving, etc.

The most popular drugs that produce this reuptake of serotonin are:

SSRI Antidepressants: Prozac, Serafem, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Lexapro

SNRI Antidepressants: Effexor, Remeron, Serzone, Cymbalta

Atypical Antipsychotics: Zyprexa, Geodon, Abilify, Seroquel, Risperdal

Weight Loss Medications: Fen-Phen, Redux, Meridia

Pain Killers: (Any opium or heroin derivative) Morphine, OxyContin, Ultram, Tramadol, Percocet, Percodan, Lortab, Demerol, Darvon or Darvocet, Codeine, Buprenex, Dilaudid, Talwin, Stadol, Vicodin, Duragesic Patches, Fentanyl Transdermal, Methadone, Dextromethorphan (commonly used in cough syrups), etc.

* * * WARNING * * *

Dropping "cold turkey" off any of these medications can be more dangerous than staying on the drugs. Tapering off very, very, very slowly has proven the safest and most effective method of withdrawal.

kharyssa wrote: ......I've been diagnosed PTSD since 2000 - long before I got heavy enough to develop OSA. .....

Kharyssa,

Are you under the impression that you have to be heavy to have OSA? When my sleep study confirmed OSA, my BMI was 24.4.

Recently I improved my diet and stepped up my exercise program and my BMI is now 23.0 and my OSA is not improved. Now that I know what OSA is, I can think back and be sure I already had it in my mid twenties when my BMI was 21.6.

In the meantime I met many other 'slim' people with OSA and a lot of people on this board have reported it.

Also, for many people, OSA comes first and the weight follows.

Good luck,

Rooster

Many times OSA is more about anatomy of the throat/mouth than about weight!

As an anecdote, My sleep doc took one look at me when I first met her, and she said "I'm pretty sure you have sleep apnea due to the structure of your face/mouth/throat so let's just do the PSG to confirm" or something along those lines. My facial structure includes a receding chin, small mouth, and "prominent neck" (whatever that means).

It's just that many times OSA leads to obesity and people mistake the cause for the effect!

But as with anything else, one affects the other and makes it worse.

Anonymous wrote:

-SWS wrote: More importantly there are studies showing SSRI's can be effective treatment when applied properly. The devil is lurking in the details and those last three words are the caveat and demise of more than a few patients unfortunately

Not so. Those studies have been refuted and most of these studies have been funded by the pharmaceutical companies.

Need we say more?

Yes. Your vague anonymous post isn't half as specific as that MUCH better "weasel wording" found over at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_ ... #Criticism

I suggest you make friends with the more articulate weasels buried in the link above. As word-weaving worldly wiki weasels go they're pretty good.

-SWS wrote:I suggest you make friends with the more articulate weasels buried in the link above. As word-weaving worldly wiki weasels go they're pretty good.

lol. I suggest you keep consuming those antidepressants, you make the drug companies very very happy.

Anonymous wrote:

-SWS wrote:I suggest you make friends with the more articulate weasels buried in the link above. As word-weaving worldly wiki weasels go they're pretty good.

lol. I suggest you keep consuming those antidepressants, you make the drug companies very very happy.

Never had one...

But then again I've never been one for allowing others to rattle me either. When that happens that's self control in an unfortunate state of dyscontrol.

Guest handle Ann Blake Tracy wrote:* * * WARNING * * *

Dropping "cold turkey" off any of these medications can be more dangerous than staying on the drugs. Tapering off very, very, very slowly has proven the safest and most effective method of withdrawal.

My understanding is the above warning is generally acknowledged as extremely important by SSRI proponents and opponents alike---and thus worth highlighting a second time.

Don't know if the above guest post was by Dr. Ann Blake Tracy or a subscribing advocate. However, Dr. Tracy's professional findings can be found at http://www.drugawareness.org/, where she serves as executive director.