Posted by Neverquit on November 15, 2008, at 18:10:41
In reply to Re: Success Story-surprise result » Neverquit, posted by Phillipa on November 15, 2008, at 18:00:06
> Absolutely fantastic!!!! Don't like generics either. So the real deal worked. What dose and how long? What was the difference you felt right away? Love Phillipa ps when first out took the real deal 20mg and had loads of engergy, second day anxiety, and third day panic. I stopped as wasn't depressed then at all. Pdoc was a good one and begged me to take 20mg every third day. Didn't. Only came in 20mg gel caps at the time.
Years ago I had used the name brand; 80 mg/day. It worked SO well, that I basically stopped taking anything. When I experienced again depression 2 years ago, I first tried "fluoxetine" generic, fully expecting it to work but was very disappointed. I then tried lots of other things, which either had bad side effects or simply didn't work.As a last resort, doing my own research, I came upon a few anecdotes and a Canadian study saying the name brand seemed to work better in many cases, so I said "why not"? But really didn't expect anything. I noticed a difference within a few days. I'm sure the fact that I was transitioning from the generic gave me a head start. My p-doc was very surprised, though in subsequent discussions she said there usually is a transition period between the name brand and the generic, which indicates to me SOME difference in mechanism.
Whatever the reason; it worked.
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