Posted by dove on September 13, 2001, at 14:12:08
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin or More Prozac? Lini, posted by JohnL on September 9, 2001, at 5:42:12
I'm another immediate responder to Prozac. I'll feel great for 2-3 hours and then feel a slow drain. When I split the dose in half I was able to gain more good benefits.
I've shared my med history a number of times and the only item I want to share in regard to the immediate reaction is the fact that the first time I tried Prozac I was ramped in at 20 mgs and went kinda nuts and suicidal. When it was time to take my normal dose I decided not to take it. One hour later I already felt the med leaving me.
I had called my p-doc earlier in the morning, so I had to go into my p-doc on an urgent need, possible in-patient stay appointment. By the time I got there I was like a different person. He looked at me unbelievingly, told me to *double* my Amitriptyline dose to counter the Prozac withdrawal, I said I would do so if needed. Not!!!
Now (1 year or 2 years ago already), I'm back on it, and just switched to generic last week. I've seen real improvement with splitting the dose (20 mgs currently) but I really want to convince my p-doc that just maybe, one could push the dose up to 40-to-60 mgs, digested *only* in split and staggered dosages and see some real improvement in the ones who seem to respond to that method over the standard drug regimen.
My current p-doc (another new one as my previous new p-doc left town again) leans towards psychotherapy, CBT, Exposure w/ the MAP-3 outline, and psycho-analytical something and hates prescribing meds--unlike my previous p-doc who left town and loved complicated schematics of low dose multi-drug cocktails. So, I have to be careful about views on certain meds and certain therapies :o)
Making a short story of "Yep! Been there and know it's true.", into a long tale of great complexity, I just want to support you and your own gut instincts and the fact that p-docs (all docs really) are "Practicing" medicine and don't have every answer even though they--and we--wish they did.
signing off as the babbling rambler-
dove
BTW: I am still on a med-cocktail of 6 different meds per day, so Prozac isn't my anti-depressant base med.
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