Posted by Tony P on April 24, 2000, at 2:02:43
In reply to My serzone experience, posted by Julie Voigt on April 22, 2000, at 22:27:45
I have been taking Serzone for several years - it was a godsend to me, just as other A/Ds have been for others. I couldn't tolerate Paxil - for me that was sweats, shakiness, constant anxiety - the opposite of what I needed, to say nothing of sleeping worse than ever. Serzone let me sleep
through the night for the first time in years and began to relieve my depression within days. The drowsiness was hard to take at first, but I cut back to 75mg initially then gradually incremented up to 300 or 400 mg a day - all in one dose at bedtime, which sometimes makes it hard to get out of bed in the morning, but leaves me energetic during the day.Certainly for me it has been a relatively easy medication to tolerate - dry mouth and drowsiness are my main side effects. I am a bit suspicious that it is not without sexual side effects and am currently in process of trying a switch to Remeron to see how that works for me.
TP
> I have been taking serzone now for almost two years and have had a wide range of experiences. What I have come up with is that too high a dose can have the same, or worse affect as not enough. I am curently on just 50mg morning and night and that works great for me. When I first started on it I had really bad reactions to the usual dosage increases and it took some time to figure out what was going on, but it has been worth it for me. I also take just 25mg of imipramine at night as well. I have fibromialgia and a family history of depression. This combo seems to help with both. If anyone would like more information please e-mail me. Hope I can help.
> Don't give up hope.
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