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Re: help withdrawal

Posted by Sunnely on July 20, 2000, at 0:14:25

In reply to Re: help withdrawal » Sunnely, posted by Cam W. on July 19, 2000, at 23:29:04

Cam,

I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. I was only addressing the issue of how to deal with SRI withdrawal symptoms with less difficulty. I did not mean to insinuate that the short half-life SRIs are not effective for conditions for which they are clinically indicated.

If I am not mistaken, the way I understand Bunny's question is, she wants to stop Effexor. She wants to add Prozac to ease the possible withdrawal symptoms while she tapers down and eventually stop Effexor. I assume she also eventually would like to stop Prozac once she's off Effexor. (Based on her statement that she believes she has a handle on her depression.) Based on this, I still say Prozac, with its long half-life, is the best add-on to a shorter half-life SRI being withdrawn. Once one has tapered down and completely discontinued Effexor, he/she probably could even abruptly discontinued Prozac without fear of bothersome withdrawal symptoms (well, almost always). I don't believe you can do that with any of the shorter half-life SRIs. Just my own 2 cents.

Thanks for your additional comments.


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