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Re: After Lexapro: What Next?

Posted by studentx on January 11, 2005, at 4:29:31

In reply to Re: After Lexapro: What Next?, posted by Bill LL on January 10, 2005, at 9:13:12

> Did the Zoloft work for you other than the weight loss problem? If it did, I would recommend going back on it.
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> But first, I would ask your doc about adding either Ritalin or Adderal to your Provigil. As a student, you at least need to be alert and able to concentrate. In general, neither drug as sexual side effects.
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First, I would like to thank Emily Elizabeth and Dan Perkins for their responses--I never even considered MAOIs and now I will definately take that option to my pdoc for her opinion.

The Zoloft worked fairly well for me. I noticed a bit of sexual problems on it, but not as significant as on Lexapro. I'm not entirely sure this was connected to the Zoloft, but while taking it my fatigue-related stuff really took off. I felt kinda zonked out on it, as well. Again, these problems were less significant than on Lexapro. Returning to the Zoloft with Provigil in hand may take care of those concerns. I will certainly discuss that alternative with my doctor.
I do attend a very academically-demanding school that tends to attract more creative-depressed types, so I have come into contact with many people taking Ritalin and Adderall. Some people seem helped by these drugs, but many more have turned to abuse. I have never abused my prescription medications and do not have an abuse-prone personality, but I'm worried if prescribed a stimulant I will succumb to the collegiate snorting habit the next time a big paper or test approaches. How addictive are these meds? Which one is most effective while being less-addictive as possible? I will certainly ask my doctor in a few weeks when I return to school, but for the time being I am very happy to get good, constructive input.
Thanks so much.


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