Posted by CarolAnn on May 17, 2000, at 18:17:54
In reply to SSRIs: Same or Different?, posted by PeterJ on May 17, 2000, at 17:49:43
Hi Peter, I've never had any dramatic improvement with any drug(I get so mad when I read about people get completely well as soon as they start Prozac or Zoloft). Anyway, I've been on both of those, as well as Effexor, which isn't classed as an SSRI, but is supposed to have some serotonin effect. Currently I'm on Celexa(40mgs) and Wellbutrin.
Prozac did nothing for me at all, even at the highest dose(80mgs.). Zoloft helped initially, but after only a few months, it stopped working and even moving the dose up from 50 to 100mgs. did not make any difference. Effexor did nothing except increase my fatigue.
I was taking the Wellbutrin first, then the doctor added Celexa, so I don't know if my experience is just from the Celexa or from the combo. As far as I could tell, the Wellbutrin was not doing anything. When I started 20mgs. of Celexa, I began to feel less bad, but no where near good. Now that I am on 40mgs., I have frequently had times when I felt so much better, that it borders on feeling good(and now and then, a moment or two of actually feeling good).
It had taken me almost six months to reach this point, where I feel comfortable telling the doctor that I don't want to change the medications for a while(I also take 10mgs. Adderall 3xper day), since I am feeling better then I have in a couple years. Hopefully, I will either keep seeing improvement or at least, not slide back down again. For now, it's so nice to feel stable, that I'm not even going to worry about trying to get to feeling completely well.
Sorry this is so long, hope my experience helps. CarolAnn
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