Posted by SLS on April 26, 2010, at 14:46:46
In reply to Re: Multiple drug exposures and treatment resistence » bulldog2, posted by conundrum on April 26, 2010, at 14:15:59
> Hmm, I don't know. I recently found that 2.5 mg prozac gave me some motivation. However it did also give me headaches and diarrhea that I didnt' get the first time. I increased to 5 mg and felt even more blunted. I doubt that going back to the original 20mg.
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> Also, I don't think the response at 2.5 was adaquate on its own.
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> Even when it was working I was getting weird pressure headaches in the front of my head, like a sinus headache. My liver functions were also all elevated.
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> I think overtime the drugs also have greater effects than at their primary receptors and when you go back on the drug that doesn't happen right away. Like prozac has some NRI potency, but I bet after 4 years its a way more potent NRI than after a couple months, especially since the drug inhibits liver enzymes that break it down so it builds up in your blood.
Maybe there is a sensitization process occurring.
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