wow boem, that was an intense journey of recovery for you.
They put me on Paxil when I was 20 for anxiety and I practically lost all thinking ablilites from that crap. Despite the fact that I got in a very competitive program in grad school: I couldnt even process information or think logically. It took me a while to clear my brain but it wasnt until I got on Iodoral did I get my full thinking skills back. I believe the fluoride in the SSRIs stays in the brain longer than people realize.