Posted by afatchic on July 6, 2001, at 18:38:26
In reply to Re: dumb as a rock star...Sar, posted by chiaratara on July 5, 2001, at 16:33:44
Wellbutrin turned me into a witch. Serzone made me a space cadet. My short term memory got so bad it was interfering with my work and my home life. I bought some ginko to help with the memory problems but after taking one dose, I couldn't remember where I put the bottle! That's when I decided I'd had enough of Serzone. Now I'm on a trial of Effexor, can't wait to see what interesting side effects will pop up this time.
> that is interesting that you became "mean" on prozac. i had a similar problem with Wellbutrin. i became "snappish" and very agitated. both wellbutrin and prozac have a sort of "speed you up" effect.
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> what were you like when you were depressed. are you the stay in bed and sleep type (like I was) or could you not relax, were nervous, etc. i had a friend who was already quite speedy who went on prozac, and she felt like things moved way to fast for her to keep up. she couldn't answer simple questions because she felt like she was thinking too fast and things would just whiz right past her. she would have problems locating thing, etc.
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> maybe prozac is too speedy for you. i am on paxil and effexor, and they are way too sedating for me. i was already a sleepy depressed person, and now i can really sleep like a champ. i feel somewhat stoned on these medications, but they do allow me to concentrate on things. i can read a whole book in an afternoon. when i look up from a book and try to walk around, i will get a little dizzy from concentrating so much.
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> i did go on paxil my last year of graduate school, and i wrote a master's thesis on it. it slows you down a bit, but i did allow me to study and somehow keep the info in my head. talk to your doctor and experiment with some combinations of drugs. at least you know of something that works (what you are currently on.) you might find something that allows you to slow down and concentrate. prozac and wellbutrin (yes, I tried them while "experimenting) gave me headaches, made me "snappish" and made me feel like i had attention deficit disorder.
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> good luck.
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