Posted by roo on May 17, 2001, at 16:46:34
In reply to Re: I'm a little scared of these drugs... » roo, posted by Elizabeth on May 17, 2001, at 14:37:11
Hey Elizabeth--
Thanks for your thoughtful response. Yeah, I've
tried Wellbutrin, and Serzone...both make me really
feel psycho, unfortunately. I've been trying to come
up with a solution to this problem with my p-doc
for a long time now. It just seems like the ad's that
work really well for me are the SSRI's, and they have
that side effect. I've tried antedotes like viagra
periactin, etc. and they don't do anything for me.
Right now I'm trying to see if I can combine a low dose
of prozac (15 mgs) with sam-e and some other natural stuff that's
supposed to boost seratonin and see if that works. So
far (a month or so on 5 mg less of prozac than I'm used to, and
2 weeks of sam-e, I feel "okay"...a little lower than
usual, but tolerable. I'm hoping that things will improve
with time. If they decline rather than improve than I'm
not sure what to do next. Maybe I could take a low dose of
prozac and a low dose of some shorter acting ssri that I could
take occasional drug holidays with. I don't have sexual side
effects at 10 mg's of prozac, but I don't have a whole lot
of support either. I don't like taking the shorter acting ssri's
and doing the drug holiday thing, b/c I start getting sick withdrawal
feelings pretty quickly...
arghh...I'm hoping for an answer soon. Maybe they'll invent one
soon that dosen't have the sexual side effects but
does the seratonin thing really well. I've really been
trying hard on this one and coming up against a lot of brick
walls.
poster:roo
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