Posted by Cindy W on May 3, 2000, at 20:38:15
In reply to Re: Any info on serzone, posted by Noa on May 3, 2000, at 17:20:36
> Kimberly,
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> My experience: Initially, serzone made me groggy and made my balance and coordination poor. It also made me super irritable and emotional. BUT, that only lasted a couple of weeks, and those effects all wore off.
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> It is somewhat sedating for me, but not as intensely so as trazodone was. I take it around dinner time and then it sedates me sufficiently by bedtime, to counteract the activating/insomnia/restlessness effects of effexor. When I was on lithium, I noticed that the serzone took effect much much faster, and I would be sedated soon after taking it, so I adjusted the timing of the dose.
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> When I increased the dose, I had a couple of days of increased sleepiness and groggigess, but this faded.
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> I don't know how powerful it is as an antidepressant for me, as it is only one of several meds in my cocktail. But it does a good job for me of counteracting the negative effects of the effexor.
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> Good luck. If you experience any agitation initially, please know that others here did too, and that it went away for many of us. Some people described it as feeling a lot of rage.
Kimberly, I loved Serzone...at first (two weeks), I felt dizzy, tired, angry for no reason, depressed...then suddenly I felt GREAT, with no depression, much less social anxiety, and MUCH better sleep. But it affects different people very differently.
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