antidepresant SSRI question, scared!

[mopower440]

Hello, I took prozac for about 5 years for depression, i finally got off it..now, i just got on lexapro for anxiety, i never thought SSRI antidepressants were bad for you, but i got to reading some stuff on the web, seems that they deplete gluthamine, from the body, wich is a big part of your immune system, that scares me, and also says it causes TICS, im not sure exactly what TICS is, can someone explain? anyone here had bad health problems after taking SSRI's? If this stuff is true, what do you do, live with anxiety/depression, or take the meds and slowly mess your body up..need advice!

[Claire]

mopower,

 

tics are muscle movements that you feel compelled to do, such as blink an eye extra hard or flex your jaw.

 

If you will go to the tics and tourettes board here, it is much more active and you are more likely to find answers. Most no longer take drugs or have their kids take drugs such as ssri's, but find natural methods to help.

 

Everything you are talking about with the immune system is addressed, and most of us who have been doing this for months or longer have found relief to varying degrees.

 

http://www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=1

 

Good luck,

Claire

[Guest Guest_mopower440]

Claire, i went to the tics board and didnt see anything on the SSRI and immune system question, do you know anything about it?

[LuluGirl]

Well, we've had some first hand bad experience with Lexapro and tics. The literature says that fewer than 2% of the population will get tics from Lexapro. My 10 year old son was put on it to help with his adrelaline levels (add issues originally). He had no negative reactions to it at all until 5 months into it. Then the tics started (and OCD began to really increase). Of course we weaned him off it but the tics have stayed. I wish we never went that route, that's for sure.

 

LuluGirl