Posted by jeanette on November 20, 2003, at 21:24:33
In reply to Prozac CRASH again -- Please help me., posted by Cindylou on September 6, 2001, at 14:41:14
have you tried just wellbutrin alone for the depression? it worked wonders for me, but did nothing for my mood swings(dysthymia and borderline personality disorder) now i'm on 20mg of prozac( which did nothing for my depression) and just added 600mg a day of lithium. it was rough the first week but i'm feeling better now- i still think i'm going to switch back to the wellbutrin though.
> Hi,
> I've tried Prozac on three different occasions, and every time I "hit a wall" after about two months. It just happened again.
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> Out of desperation, I started Prozac again in June (nothing else was working -- all had horrible side effects. Tried Effexor, Paxil, Zoloft; combined with Wellbutrin to help the fatigue. I also tried adding Provigil for a day and felt like I had the worst hangover ever.) I thought maybe this time would be different.
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> I started out the Prozac really low -- 2.5 mg. -- since I am very med sensitive. This seemed to work well -- eventually I increased up to 10 mg.
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> I felt pretty good for a couple months, had energy, didn't need to nap, etc. I was even a bit agitated. But about a week ago -- WHAM. I hit that old familiar wall. I feel sick, exhausted, heavy-headed, can't focus, etc. It feels like there's a lead balloon in my head. This is the all-too-familiar feeling I get from SSRIs. I tried increasing the Prozac to see if that would work, but it only made it worse.
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> I am taking Wellbutrin, and tried increasing that a bit, but it didn't help. Tried some Adderall. Didn't help. NOTHING WILL CUT THROUGH THIS FOG.
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> I am so discouraged. Does anyone have suggestions for me???? Any good ideas for treatment of depression for people who feel this way on SSRIs???
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> Any MAOIs that don't cause horrible fatigue?? I've tried the tri-cyclics, and all had horrible side effects I couldn't tolerate.
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> I feel like I've tried everything but the MAOIs. Am a bit afraid of those.
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> Please, please help. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Feel like giving up.
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> cindy.
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> P.S. My diagnosis is depression and anxiety; not bipolar.
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