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Citralopram - loss of creativity?

Jon

I was just wondering if anyone has become less creative as a result of taking SSRI's? I paint and male electronic music alot. I think it is way I wind down and recharge. I can get sort of anxious when I do it and really focused. It feels good. When I took Fluoxetine in the past I am pretty sure it made music/painting less appealing and I just couldn't get into it the same. Now I am takling Citralopram I worry it may do the same. Citralopram may reduce depression and anxiety but does it also reduce creativity also?

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  • hohner said:
    However, my next option is a Beta-blocker in the morning, which is not a brain altering substance.

    Not as their primary function they're not, no.

    However they do alter the release of a wide variety of hormones, all of which, amongst other physical effects, will, indirectly, have a brain altering effect.

    They can't affect anxiety levels if they don't in some way alter brain chemistry.

    In fact the anxiety reducing effect that they may have appears to be more of a side-effect than a primary effect.

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  • hohner said:
    However, my next option is a Beta-blocker in the morning, which is not a brain altering substance.

    Not as their primary function they're not, no.

    However they do alter the release of a wide variety of hormones, all of which, amongst other physical effects, will, indirectly, have a brain altering effect.

    They can't affect anxiety levels if they don't in some way alter brain chemistry.

    In fact the anxiety reducing effect that they may have appears to be more of a side-effect than a primary effect.

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