Posted by Anna Laura on April 6, 2001, at 11:50:19
In reply to Zoloft vs. Prozac, posted by Majandra on April 6, 2001, at 11:08:07
> I have been taking zoloft for 5 weeks and have noticed no lift in my mood. It is just making me exhausted. I'll spare you the whole story, but I had my first appointment w/ a new doctor and she immediately suggested switching me to prozac. I was a little worried about her doing that so swiftly, since she had only spoken to me for a few minutes and I felt that she didn't have a very good sense of my situation. Plus, another doctor I had seen in passing said something to the effect of "Boy, I'm glad you're not on Prozac." However, I do want to feel better. Right now I'm holding off on the decision for another week and am staying on zoloft at my current 75mg a day. Does anyone have any advice about possibly making the switch, any good/bad experiences w/ Prozac? Thanks.
> --Majandra
I've been taking Zoloft for about a year and i didn't notice any substantial shift in my mood. As a matter of fact, i felt pretty numb.
On the other hand, It gave me a fairly good help for my panic attacks. I'm actually switching from Tofranil (imipramine) to Prozac. My main problem is anhedonia and Tofranil didn't work pretty much for that. I was told that Prozac is a fairly good stimulant, so I swithced to it hoping to give a kick to my long-standing anhedonia.
I started taking Prozac the last week : i guess it's too early to tell wether is working for me or not. I added 20 mg. two days ago cause one tablet is a pretty small dosage for me: i guess i need much higher doses.
Right now i'm taking 40 mg. of Prozac plus two tablets of Tofranil (25 mg. each).
Doesn't seem to work that much, but again, perhaps it's too early to tell. Inappetence, dizziness and sleepiness are the current side-effects of Prozac. If it'll start working i'll let you know.Take care
AL
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