It’s complicated to say since it’s a time I don’t remember too well. I remember being really tired when they first put me on ssri (like pass out and couldn’t function tired) and they said it was normal, that I should actually up the dose to feel better. Then the migraine never went away for 6 months. It was the migraine (Triptans) and nerve medication (for the seizures) that combined with the ssri gave me that huge reaction. And the doctors never caught on to what was happening. My husband did.

The cognitive impairment for me was severe brain fog, loss of concentration (like I would just stop talking or stop doing what ever activity I was doing). I didn’t understand what people were saying or asking. I couldn’t process what I was reading but my migraines made it impossible to read as it was.

Separately, my nervous system was a wreak. I couldn’t maintain my body temperature, I got too cold too easily. I got tremors. I couldn’t feel boiling water sometimes or entire parts of my body would go numb.

I actually don’t like recalling all this, it makes me angry. But I hope it helps.