Posted by hildi on September 6, 2002, at 14:58:20
In reply to a few days on Prozac, Xanax = miserable, posted by m3 on March 19, 2002, at 23:59:30
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> Hello, I've posted mostly on the Social board before but now I'm doing the serial-trial-of-several-meds thing and looking for advice.
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> The main question I have, before I get into the exact cocktail I'm currently taking, is whether to keep taking Prozac & Xanax since I'm sleeping 16 hours a day. This might seem like a no-brainer, but I'm in the middle of the med dance, so I can't tell what's withdrawal and what's just not working yet...
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> Anyway, the things I started taking 5 days ago:
> Xanax .5 mg 2-3x daily
> Prozac 20 mg 1x daily
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> Since starting these I've been doing the ridiculous-sleeping thing.
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> BUT I am also still taking:
> Buspar 30mg 2x day (has never caused problems)
> Serzone 100mg a day, gradually coming down from 400mg
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> The Serzone also made me very sleepy while I was ramping up to the 400mg and didn't get any better after a week or two at full dose. It also didn't do anything at all for my mood.
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> The thing is, besides the sleeping I'm also completely miserable and totally lacking energy. Before I started all this I was on Effexor 300mg/day, and I was stable and functional, just sort of anhedonic (is that a word?). So the misery could be the new drugs, the effects of the Effexor finally being totally gone from my system (>3 weeks), or just what I'm like untreated b/c the Prozac hasn't had long enough to kick in.
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> Anyway. I know most people here aren't pharmacists or pdocs, but I wonder if anyone has some words of wisdom because I'm really feeling bad. Please share if you feel you've gone through something like this in a med switch or otherwise...
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> m3I know this is an old post, and hopefully things have improved for you-
but I wanted to mention that there is a definate negative interaction (for many) between buspar and prozac. I had very negative feelings from this combo and my dr. didn't believe me. Well, I stopped the buspar on my own and did feel better.
Also I read recently in a med book that they are finally addressing this issue of buspar-prozac interactions.
Hildi
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