Posted by tensor on January 3, 2007, at 7:28:03
In reply to Re: Has anyone here had a remssion for long? » tensor, posted by SLS on January 3, 2007, at 7:07:56
Hi Scott,
>Have you been up to 200mg with the Zoloft?
>Have you tried Effexor in place of Zoloft in the combination? On paper, it should be a potent combination. Wellbutrin + Effexor is often more effective than either drug alone, and Remeron + Effexor is the noted "California Rocket Fuel" combination advocated by Stephen Stahl, MD. You might want to try working up to 300mg with the Effexor. Zoloft wasnt' a bad choice, though.
High doses of Zoloft gives me akathisia, and effexor gave me horrible s/e. However, last night I took 15mg of Remeron to induce sleep + a hypnotic, it worked. More interestingly, I woke up this morning without being nauseous and without abdominal pain and not as shaky as I usually do. I wonder if this is indicating that Remeron + Wellbutrin would be a better choice than Wellbutrin + Zoloft. What do you think?
I really don't like doing any changes this early in a trial(two weeks on Wellbutrin), but if the difference is the big I wonder if it could be clever anyway. I have a speical realtionship with remeron, though it has failed me many times, it still going strong when it does work.
I have a book with Stephen M. Stahl, MD which I like a lot, he's also saying that Zoloft+Wellbutrin is used with success under the name "Well-loft".
/Mattias
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