Posted by JohnL on July 24, 2001, at 2:02:33
In reply to Re: Supportive of Prozac, posted by Roo on July 23, 2001, at 7:40:08
Hi Roo,
I know what you mean about the crisis thing. Even though I am 98% well, I have come to realize I am susceptible to negative real life situations. For example, an unexpected money problem, or an unexpected hand slap from my boss at work, stuff like that. I can fall rather fast, but thankfully it doesn't last long. The way I look at it is that this is what normal people experience anyway, so I'm at least glad to be back in the normal category.For those temporary dips I have found Amisulpride to be highly successful at lifting me up back up again. The cool thing is that it always works the very first day. I only need about 25mg for one or two days to get me back to goodness again. And then it lasts for weeks until another crisis comes along. But like you, Prozac alone does not protect me from those crisis situations.
In my own opinion and my own experience the best augment drugs to go with Prozac are Zyprexa 5mg, and/or Adrafinil 300mg. I also really like Amisulpride, as I mentioned above, but from what others have said the European source I used now requires a prescription. I have not verified that. However, I do know there are other sources. I got mine about a year ago from a place in Germany mailorder. I don't even remember the name. But I found it by doing some online searches with stuff like "Amisulpride+German+farmacia", or "Solian+farmacia", or something along those lines. Any European country could be used in a search. Then, once a couple possibilities had been uncovered, I simply emailed them asking if they could supply me with Amisulpride.
At the time I got 100 pills of 200mg each, but I only do 25mg during crisis times, so obviously my supply will last a long long time, and I accidentally lost the info of where I got it. Some place in Germany is all I remember. But the point is I think Amisulpride is the absolute best augmentator for Prozac, but will require some creative online searching to find it. My second favorite augmentator is Zyprexa, closely followed by Adrafinil. All the other stuff like Buspar, Pindolol, tricyclics, Wellbutrin, etc etc are absolute crap in comparison to any of these drugs I mentioned. Mileage varies of course, but that is just my experience. \
John> Me too, just to add to the poll. It's been a great
> drug for me. I have taken it for 7 or 8 years, however,
> and just recently I have wondered if it's "pooped out"
> on me. It's strange, I can tell when I go off, I get
> depressed again, and I go back on and feel better, but
> still...I don't know...it seems like it's enough for
> maintanence, for my every day self...but if a crisis
> hits, it dosen't seem to be enough to keep me from going
> down too deep. I've tried a higher dose (doubling
> it at 40 mg's, but it didn't seem to make a difference).
> I've wondered about augmenting it, but I'm not sure with
> what.
poster:JohnL
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