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SSRI for elderly - good idea?

ssri elderly stress cognitive issues cognition age brain fog memory cfs

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#1 YimYam

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Posted 21 September 2015 - 03:58 PM


My parents are in their mid sixties now and I'm noticing they are both developing cognitive issues; poor memory recall, being easily forgetful of stories/past events, less verbal fluency and overall talking in everyday situations, in a foggy state me olde timers are.

 

Reduced ability to handle stress, hypersensitive stress response, less energy after carbs, lower moods, less sleep,  more neurotics about things. I have pretty severe cognitive issues and CFS, SSRI has helped alot, could well be some genetic thing.

 

I've been thinking that an SSRI would be pretty good for them, Fluoxetine or something. Imo overall  I think a great time to be prescribed an SSRI would be when you get older, when your HPA etc gets a bit wonky. Stress is the most important thing to be able to handle, if you have a dyfunctional HPA it makes the process 10X harder.

 

Of course, I don't think SSRI's are a panacea, but they helped a huge selection of symptoms for me, as it just muted my stress pathway activity, so I think it could get help at least keep their stress levels down a fair bit., along with a couple of other things

 

 

Any helpful opinions would be appreciated. 

 

 

Thanks :)







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