Posted by JohnL on July 9, 1999, at 16:13:30
In reply to Re: Reply to Erin, posted by ruth on July 9, 1999, at 7:11:06
> John,
>
> I'm curious why you didn't give Serzone another trial,
> and dose more slowly the second time around? What do
> you take now for you depression?
> (Just curious b/c I gave it only a one month trial,
> but my depression just kept getting worse and worse,
> to the point where I felt suicidal)...It's tempting
> to give it another chance, but I'm just now feeling
> better on prozac, so I don't dare...
> (I'm sure, by now, by all my posts, you're familiar
> with what my issues are--trying to find a med that
> dosen't effect sex--have an appt. with a pharmacologist
> early Aug., going to give her some of the buspar,
> pinnadol suggestions...)Ruth, I go worse and worse too. I'm pretty sure it was due to going up too fast. I started real low and slow and felt improvement, but as soon as the doc had me move up aggressively I got real bad. You know how it is when you have a bad experience, you get gun-shy. That's why I haven't tried it again. But I might. It was great for sex and sleep. Like you, I am giving Prozac a try. So far it hasn't instantly killed my sex drive like Zoloft and Paxil did. Just 10mg every other day, which can work if given enough time (2-3months). I'm also following Wayne's lead and taking Naltrexone, though just little bits right now. I am at the stage where I just feel the side-effect stuff getting on new drugs, and I feel pretty lousy. Both my psychiatrist and my family doc are excited about me being their guinea pig, so I hope I can please them, and at the same time maybe actually get better! Hope so. I really liked the potential of Buspar and Pindolol, but Buspar causes such loud tinnitus for me that at higher doses Pindolol didn't stand a chance of countering it. That was short-lived, but I can see how it might be great for someone else. It really pisses me off that drugs I really like cause such severe tinnitus. So for now, Prozac+Naltrexone it is. I am following my own advice and going very low and slow. I've been burned and learned. Always nice to read your posts. JohnL.
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