Posted by binx on January 16, 2002, at 9:37:03
In reply to Please make a recommendation, posted by Mr. Scott on January 13, 2002, at 20:44:39
> Zoloft, Prozac and effexor, All seem to have this one set of effects on me that are intolerable. Effective levels of the drug for my depression and anxiety be it 20mg prozac, 100mg ZOloft, not sure about effexor seem to make me profoundly fatigued, or disinhibited. Sometimes the fatigue is so great that I cannot comprehend what is being explained to me in a conversation (SUPER ADD). Or disinhibited to the point of being obnoxious. Definately a part of my brain is put to sleep that controls higher/executive functions. My Cholesterol goes throught the roof on Zoloft. Plus my face swells on Zoloft and Effexor and they are both constipating, and Prozac scares me becaue it makes me disinhibited and it won't leave the body if something goes wrong(also I tried to commit suicide on it 6 years ago). I tried Remeron and Serzone and hated them both...
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> What can I try now? Does Wellbutrin work for anyone? I have a lot of anxiety, but could always stick some klonopin over the wellbutrin if needed?
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> Your posts mean everything to me. No doctor would would ever entertain my questions like you folks on this board. Thats why I go in prepared after listening to your posts. Otherwise it's money wasted.
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> Scott
all i can say is keep trying new combinations. celexa + wellbutrin worked
for me for about 3 months then faded away;we increased the celexa
until i couldn't (notdidn't want to, couldn't) have an orgasm and switched.i changed PDocs and since then have been through a lot of combinations.
I've had a combo that has been working for about 4 months and we
have been augmenting meds to treat side effects. here's what i'm taking:
60mg Prozac, 450mg Wellbutrin, 225mg Effexor, 45mg Buspar, 20mg
Propanalol (for tremor). it's a lot of pills but they've helped me string
together the longest period of good days i can remember.the big bad side effect now is no libido. i tried Requip to no effect and
now have just begun Mirapex... we'll see.all of this is to say there is a pratically limitless combination of meds
to try... in my opinion you just need to find a knowledgable doc who
is not afraid to step outside the box when prescribing.my .02.
poster:binx
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