Posted by katia on June 2, 2003, at 1:13:21
In reply to Re: serzone craps lithium question » beardedlady, posted by JohnX2 on March 21, 2002, at 11:19:10
Hi John,
Are you still around? I've some questions to ask you re: Serzone and hypomania. I'm experiencing some of the same things you did-even tho' this is a year later.
respond and then I'll elaborate.
thanks.
Katia> Hi Beardy,
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> I haven't really pushed this medicine to a high dose. 300 mg max. I just took 150 mg the past 9 hrs. I only slept 5 hrs last night but I was having weird dreams (which kicked in about 5 days after starting Serzone). Last time I took Serzone it wiped me out bad (1.5 years ago without other meds), these episodes no wipe out. Mainly agitation, lift of depression (but not the fantabulous kind I have felt for brief momements in the past), and boughts of hypomania (racing thoughts, bits of euphoria). The euphoria is nice, but it isn't accompanied by feelings of "inner comfort" and that I have felt before on ADs. I still have this "go-go-go" agitated feeling. Kinda hard to explain.
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> Anyways, I'm not depressed. ;0
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> Maybe if I raise the Serzone dose to therapeutic range?? This could relieve anxiety or make me even more hypomanic? Tough call. I want to stay away from lithium because you have to monitor all your organs and may get some side effects.
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> Thanks for your thoughtful replys.
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> > It's amazing how different meds affect different people. And then again, it isn't. We're all completely different sets of cells. It's the one thing people on this board must keep in mind when determining meds. Others' experiences are so helpful (especially if they are basically the same, i.e. weight gain et.al.), but they are unlikely to be the same as yours. (Should be good news to most, since that leaves a vast array of meds available.)
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> > I forgot that Serzone is one of those meds that does double duty: at low doses, it's an anti-anxiety; at high doeses, it's an AD. Strange how one med can be used to calm you down or rile you up!
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> > I was also told there was no poop out on this drug, though sometimes the anxiety can poke through if it's stronger than the med. But life always gets back to normal in a few days or a week.
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> > I do wish you luck. I struggled when I had to be on two and three different meds for one ridiculous problem of chronic insomnia. Cocktail configurations are no fun.
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> > My pdoc said the day I stop caring so much about my sleep will be the day I am cured.
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> > A mind is a terrible thing to taste.
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> > beardy : )>
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