Posted by Cindy on November 6, 1999, at 12:19:29
In reply to Re: SERZONE - CONCENTRATION / AGITATION, posted by Craig on November 6, 1999, at 11:32:00
> Sounds like John had the doc from Hell! My first pdoc ever told me if I stopped taking Prozac I'd be be a suicidal alcoholic by 40. He'd also get very defensive when I asked about other courses of action...
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> Cindy, how quick did you get up to that Serzone dosage? My doctor took me up very gradually. Brief spates of irritability, spaciness, and altered states of sleeping, only lasted a few days. Some Doctors start patients out at 200 mg per day, which is what I'm on after three weeks.
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> Arguably, the Serzone seems less effective on obsessive thoughts (killing oneself, supervising your own actions)than do the SSRIs. Perhaps there is an adjunct along those lines for you.
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> I do get sorta groggy for several hours after my morning dose of Serzone. I start feeling useful in the afternoon and don't get tired until very late. Seeing as I have to take it with food, I can't take the AM dose much earlier. Will this pass or should I start looking to add something for energy?
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> Also, How similar is Serzone to Trazadone? I knew someone who was taking Traz. as an anti-psychotic. He stopped taking it because it killed his dreams and creative impulse. I'm a writer and need my creative impulses. Can I expect this emptiness from Serzone?
P.S. Craig, re: dreams and Serzone...I have always had very entertaining dreams (swordfighting with Cyrano de Bergerac, chasing drug smugglers, flying, etc., and Serzone hasn't put a dent in my dreaming or creativity at all. Starting in college, I have been able to have lucid dreams and do change the ending sometimes (e.g., if I am being killed by somebody or something or just don't like the ending...I tell myself, I don't like that, and just change what is happening).
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