Every time I try drugs that induce a window of relief or ameliorate PSSD symptoms, I also experience the anxiety I used to suffer from before PSSD and took antidepressants for.
PSSD induces an inability to feel anxiety in many people, and many also stopped having OCD and panic attacks. PSSD sucks, but the fact remains that it has been a semi-permanent cure for these conditions.
From a neurochemical point of view, if we manage to reverse PSSD, we will also get those conditions back. Those conditions could be severe enough to be life-disabling as well. For instance, my anxiety would greatly interfere with my job.
I used to suffer from severe, treatment resistant anxiety disorder and some OCD. The only thing that worked was high dose Alprazolam, to the point of putting me almost to sleep. It was extremely impractical. Not to mention the cognitive dysfunction associated with it and the inevitable benzo withdrawal that would have to happen every few months. It sucked.
When I experience a window of relief, and experience that anxiety again, I be like "damn.. I'd forgotten how much this is life-disabling..."
My question: If you would re-suffer from the conditions that you took antidepressants for if you cure PSSD, how are you going to deal with them? given that psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) never worked.