Posted by Cindy W on March 25, 2000, at 10:40:05
In reply to Re: Serzone side effects, posted by harry b. on March 24, 2000, at 22:46:51
> After 4 or 5 weeks at 600mg/day I don't think I've
> crossed into the rage zone. Today at group, though,
> there was a new member and we were going around
> reiterating, for the new member's benefit, our
> stories. I've told my story sooo many times in
> group (not the entire story but quite a bit) that
> I was giving the abridged one today. The new
> member interrupted me constantly ("Oh, I know what
> that is like. My last pdoc told me I was...").
> The last interruption was when when she asked if I
> had a personal relationship with God. That was it.
> I looked at her, told her my faith or spirituality
> was my own business, that in fact I thought it was
> crap, and to be quiet so I could finish.
>
> I wasn't alone in my feelings toward this new member.
>
> Anyway, I think that's the only abrasive thing I've said.
>
> Uh Oh, forgot, I told my therapist I was pissed at
> her, but she deserved it. I was sick on Monday.
> I called her and said I would not be in because I was
> ill. She asked what was wrong. I told her I had been
> up half the night coughing. She responded in a
> patronizing, demeaning tone "Did you smoke too much
> pot last night?" I like pot, therapuetically, but
> I have not smoked any in several years. Anyway, I
> went to my family doc & was diagnosed with bronchitis.
>
> Saw my pdoc today. Am switching meds. The Serzone
> isn't effective for my depression and is still
> causing vertigo, I can't handle that. So I begin a
> Serzone taper and begin 75mg Effexor tomorrow.
>Harry, I'd start the Effexor-XR slower if I were you...I took 37.5 for a week, then 75 mg/day for a week, etc. etc., having also gone from Serzone (not as high a dose as you though). Hope Effexor-XR helps (it's working for me).
poster:Cindy W
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