Posted by jflange on February 6, 2003, at 9:38:16
In reply to Calling all brain chemistry wizards!, posted by disney4 on February 5, 2003, at 19:06:24
disney4:
I am really sorry to hear that your Buspar trial did not work out. I too experienced the dizziness and nausea and headache (seemingly for hours after dose) when I took Buspar alone. The only way I ever circumvented these start-up symptoms was by taking a ludicrously LOW doseage (I mean cutting 5 mg pills into quarters and taking 2 per day at first), and gradually moving up the dose over a month. But as you said, it could take you quite awhile to hit an anti-depressant dose.
I agree with missinglynxx that a "LOW LOW" dose of an ssri like Celexa will probably bring you some relief if you take the very slow approach (I am thinking sub-therapeutic doses and pill-cutters, not listening to those who may laugh at your little start-up dose). ssris are not the end-all, but they are multi-faceted depression fighters.
One word of advice, however: you mention you are taking a number of supplements, including vits C and E. I have found that taking anti-oxidants (such as C or E and here I would include Selenium as well) while taking Buspar and/or ssris potentiates the effects of the meds and >definitely< increases anxiety/ dizziness/ nausea. Even though I know these are really important vitamins, I typically remove them from my supplement intake when I am tinkering with meds.
Best of luck with your search,
jflange
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