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    Anti-depressants and training

    Joe I've gone back on Cipralex and Wellbutrin. I haven't been on the bike much but Cipralex had the same problem as Prozac. Riding on the meds makes me feel like I have no top-end. I can go steady but the hard efforts don't work so well. I'm just starting a trial of reducing the Cipralex...
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    Anti-depressants and training

    Was definitely the Prozac To close off this thread, I eventually went off the Prozac and my max heart rate went back up to its normal range. There was a direct correlation to the medication. Took about a month and a half to get back to normal.
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    Anti-depressants and training

    Thanks Elliote, but unfortunately this type of advice, though most certainly well-intentioned, comes from those who have never experienced depression, either directly or indirectly via a loved-one. These things help, assuming one can overcome the inertia exerted by depression in the first...
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    Anti-depressants and training

    Thanks Stingray (and others). Will be discussing w dr. soon. I was overtrained once which had a similar effect, but I'm still ramping up volumes and intensity and watching my diet very closely (eating enough, and enough of the right things). I will never make that mistake again...
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    Anti-depressants and training

    Thanks to both of you for your thoughts.
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    Anti-depressants and training

    Thanks. The psychiatrist said "never heard of it, but that doesn't mean it can't happen". There are two studies I found: one says no affect and the other says up to a 30% decline.
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    Anti-depressants and training

    Is anyone is willing to share their experience with anti-depressants and their effect on fatigue? I recently started on Prozac/fluoxetine and now can't seem to get my heart rate above my threshold no matter how hard I push. Has anyone else experience any similar symptoms? There seems to be...
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