Posted by Ritch on October 1, 2002, at 12:55:17
In reply to Re: Opinions Ritch, posted by Roo on October 1, 2002, at 10:49:33
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> >
> > Roo, (from Kansas like me right?), yeah I
> would go with the flow on the mood stabilizer
> idea. However, I got an increased (internal)
> agitation (and zombieheadedness) from Remeron.
> I tried switching to it from Prozac (once),
> and then from Zoloft (once), and it didn't work
> for me. I am one of those SSRI
> (or WB or stimulant) responders. The receptor
> antagonists have never done me much good.
> Don't get me wrong- I slept GREAT on Remeron
> (which is very important), but daytime was just
> not RIGHT-I was a grouchy couch potato (with all
> of this internal restlessness-like when I had
> EPS from Haldol-but nowhere near as bad). TALK
> TO YOUR PDOC ASAP. NO reason to feel like this
> . SENDING GOOD THOUGHTS YOUR WAY!!
>
>
>
> Thanks Ritch :-) You're from Kansas, too? What part? Have
> we talked about this before?From Wichita-you said you were from Pittsburgh I think.
> I hope the remeron works...I
> tend to be an SSRI person too, though, so I'm not sure...it DOES
> work on seratonin though, doesn't it?It doesn't block reuptake of serotonin, it antagonizes serotonin *receptors* instead, so it is "serotonergic" in its action-but it doesn't *feel* anything like an SSRI (which is good and bad).
WB didn't work well for me though,
> so maybe you and me don't respond in the same ways.
> Thanks for the good thoughts, Ritch :-)
>
>
>
good luck on your mood stabilization journey..
what a long strange trip it has been..
poster:Ritch
thread:121668
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