Posted by lostsailor on January 16, 2003, at 17:40:43
In reply to Re: Remeron in a Nutshell, posted by disney4 on January 16, 2003, at 14:39:52
Hi dis.
I hope my last post did not fear you much. we all are so different. Effexor does wonders for me when depressed, but once lifted out of depression; it tends to lead to hypo mania. We, doc and I, to assault depressive episodes with effexor-xr and go to a standard ssri after. the current on I’m on is Lexapro, which is basically a tuned up celexa.
Are you honest with doc about sex and meds??? That was hard for me to do for a while but when we chatted about it, he was very professional, explained that he was glad I mentioned it---seems both doc and patient hate the topic until out in the open, but presented many options to alleviate troubles ( a antihistamine, buspar, a small dose of wellbuterin, one other I cant think of and the big V--viagra) I drew the line there b/c I am young and the last thing i want is for someone to see that med and assume that if am impotent and nuts....lol the med cyptrotine I believe it's called alleviated all orgasmic difficulties and only needs to be taken about a half hr prior to intercourse or whatever you are using to achieve orgasm.
If you haven’t tried Lexapro yet, do. Sexual sides are virtually non-existent and other sides are minimal. And the med seems to work well so far.
BTW. My doc will only prescribe Remeron after he does a cbc and cholesterol test. The cbc is the deciding factor for him, though. He claims now it's a med of last resort "almost"
good luck hope I helped a tad
~Tony
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