Posted by budgie on April 13, 2004, at 14:30:49
I know this flies in the face of everything the pdocs and AD paraphanalia say, but let me know what you all think/know:
I've had tremendous initial responses to several ADs, including Zoloft, Effexor, and now Celexa (and Parnate, too, but that turned out to be a different beast all together). I feel really positive for a week or 2 (could be placebo, I don't know, but it's happened every time) and then I descend into worse and worse anxiety as it builds up in my system until it's intolerable. This has happened every time, too.
With Celexa, I took it for 2 weeks and started getting REALLY tense. NOT my imagination. I stopped and felt better after about 2 days or so. A few days later (last night) I started noticing the depression again. This morning I took a 1/2 dose and am feeling better.
What gives? Are ADs, particularly SSRIs, really something that you need to take in a constant dose every day? What about for people who are super med-sensative?
BTW, I'm also on Lamictal and a bit of Klonopin (not what I was on during previous ADs).
Thanks...
poster:budgie
thread:336019
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