Posted by Mair on April 6, 2001, at 21:55:43
In reply to Re: serzone dose, posted by allisonm on April 5, 2001, at 21:32:45
> Allison - what a treat to hear from you? Of the 3 possible reactions your doc suggested, does bad effects mean no response? I'm pretty determined to give this drug a chance, but I have to get through some rough periods to do this. Now that I've upped it to 250 mgs for the last few days, I'm starting now to feel some of the same lethargy/paralysis I felt before. It was pretty discouraging at work today. I sort of took stock at the end of the day and realized that I had been able to squeeze into a full day, about 1 hour of constructive work. The rest is pretty much living in my head - staring out the window, jumping all over the place from thought to thought.
I don't know what made me stay on it before through some really awful periods. It might be stubborness or maybe just the paralysis that hit me with the drug. Any task, no matter how easy, seemed overwelming. This included calling or emailing my doc which I didn't do until my therapist got really pretty pushy about it and I started feeling like I couldn't make it through the 5 or 6 days remaining until my next appointment. I think part of it is that this is, in combination or alone, the 7th or 8th AD I've taken. I try not to get my hopes up with any of these, but each time one doesn't work, I feel like I've lost yet another possible solution and of course worry that there will be no options. It does get wearying and it's hard after awhile to generate enthusiasm.
I think we must be on the same track. After my last drug failure and a break in between, I was supposed to start on Celexa. That was with my last doc who recently retired. I just didn't feel good about it because I've never had much success with SSRIs. When I hooked up with my new doc, I was more than willing to go in a different direction. I'm on Wellbutrin too and klonopin also.
Thanks for writing - keep me posted on how you fare with this.
Mair
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