Posted by Angela on June 3, 2000, at 16:38:39
In reply to RE: NEED HELP; SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER, posted by Angela on June 3, 2000, at 11:31:03
do you have any information on this cam? i'll take an opinion also. anything, actually. i paged my pdoc twice today and he never called me back, so i'm kind of anxious about this.
> Thanks for your help michael. i found a post from a year ago or more and someone had written that they heard it took 2-3 weeks for zoloft to kick in. i know everyone is different and it could take some people longer to feel its effect than others, but i swear i saw a doctor 2 years ago and she said that zoloft takes 12 weeks to reach its full effect, and thats at max dosage. maybe i misunderstood her or i'm rearraging her words.
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> maybe CAM will have an opinion on this. you out there CAM?
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> The search feature is at the top of the page - just above "previous periods".
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> > Angela,
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> > I have no experience with meds other than Celexa. Each med has its own half-life. I'm sorry , but I'm not sure how long the meds you have been prescribed will stay in your system. I experienced various withdrawal symptoms when I stopped the Celexa. I know what it feels like to cry all the time. Tina's advice sounds very reasonable. It's easy for me to say, but try to take it easy. Know that there is hope for you to feel better.
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> > I wish there was a "search" feature for posts made on this board. Maybe there is and I missed it. I can't help but think there are posts in the archives that would help answer your questions. Maybe if you have some time, try looking through the recent archives utilizing your browsers "find" feature. Looking for posts about the particular meds you're taking might provide you with some insight.
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> > Good luck, and stay in touch with the board. Let us know how you're doing, because there are people out here who care.
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> > Best regards,
> > Archangel (Michael)
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> > > i've posted to this board before and have always gotten good information, so please don't let me down now.
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> > > in late march, i went into a bad, bad depression and i thought i had worked myself out of it. my pdoc took me off celexa and started me on effexor xr and luvox. after a couple weeks, he took me off the effexor and started me on norpramin (desipramine). a couple weeks ago we stopped the luvox and i went back onto zoloft which had been on and had great success with about a year ago.
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> > > my question is this: i've been back on the zoloft for just over 2 weeks, and i'm still not at the dosage he wants me at, so i know i'm not at max dosage. how long will it be before the zoloft kicks in? i had heard that it could take up to 12 weeks to kick in, but i was thinking that since i had been taking an SSRI and the serotonin should still be there, wouldn't it take less time to kick in? could my system be all screwed up right now because i was on different meds for short periods of time?
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> > > as of yesterday, my pdoc added a small dose of BuSpar to my diet in the hopes that it will give the serotonin a kick. does it sound like i'm on the right track here and should be feeling better soon? i don't only deal with depression but OCD as well and they both like to taunt me at the same time, so i'm basically miserable. i was feeling much better last week and we went on a short vacation, but now i don't want to get out of bed and i want to cry all the time. i don't understand whats happening to me or why.
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