What to Do When Antidepressants Cause Emotional Blunting

Emotional Blunting from Antidepressants: What to Do

Depression, Local Depression Treatment, Medication Management

You started taking antidepressants to feel better. The crushing sadness lifted. The dark thoughts quieted. But something else changed too. You don’t cry during sad movies anymore. You don’t laugh as hard at jokes. Your partner says “I love you,” and you feel… nothing. Not sad. Not happy. Just flat. This is called emotional blunting…

What Should You Look for in a Psychiatric Medication Manager? One Denver PMHNP’s Answer Might Surprise You

What Should You Look for in a Psychiatric Medication Manager? One Denver PMHNP’s Answer Might Surprise You

Depression Treatment Options, Medication Management

Most people searching for psychiatric help in Denver are not looking for more prescriptions. They are looking for someone who will actually listen, connect the dots between what is happening in their body and their mind, and help them build a treatment plan that accounts for who they actually are. That description fits Carrie Karr,…

Your Antidepressant Is Not Failing You. It May Be Targeting the Wrong Mechanism.

Your Antidepressant Is Not Failing You. It May Be Targeting the Wrong Mechanism.

Medication Management

Why One-Third of Depression Patients Do Not Respond to Standard Antidepressants If you are reading this, you have probably tried at least one antidepressant. Maybe several. And the experience likely followed a familiar arc: initial hope, a waiting period of four to six weeks, some partial improvement, a dose adjustment, and eventually the realization that…