Posted by joslynn on August 24, 2006, at 14:28:35
In reply to Using TWO anti-depressants: one to boost another?, posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:04:46
I am on two ADs from two different classes: Lexapro and Remeron.
My depression was quite severe, requiring hospitalization, and they put me on a Celexa Remeron right away, because I had the kind of depression where I couldn't eat and woke up way too early, and the Remeron makes you sleep and eat...a lot!
Then I went off Remeron due to weight worries. I also switched from Celexa to Lexapro.
I was on just Celexa and just Lexapro at various times, and seemed ok, but have gone back on Remeron at various time when some depression and/or anxiety broke through and I was having trouble eating and sleeping again.
So now I am on both, but it is very, very hard not to gain tons of weight on the Remeron. To see me, you wouldn't call me fat, but I used to be slim and now I'm not.
Anyway, mentally and emotionally, the combo of the two work very well for me. (Or is it all just a coincidence? How can one really prove it?)
Circumstantial evidence would lead me to believe it's a good combo for me, let's just say that.
I sometimes wish I had started on just one, so then I would have known if that alone could have done the trick. But I was in bad shape and I guess they wanted to get me sleeping and eating again quickly.
Good luck!
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