Posted by ksvt on August 4, 2000, at 21:40:26
In reply to Re: Any Explanation For This Side Effect?, posted by stjames on August 3, 2000, at 21:52:54
> Hmmm....
>
> Seems to me when you augmented with zoloft you potentiated
> something too much and got a side effect of being wired.
> You have to be careful augmenting as on med often effects
> the way another is metabolized, i.e. much higher levels
> of both AD's in your blood, ect. Maybe just a 100 mg lowering of the WB
> dose was not enough. How did you feel on this combo
> otherwise ?
> james - I think I felt pretty good for the first several days and then got worn down by the fact that I wasn't sleeping. Intermittently I'd feel really wired and then really depressed. I'm trying to work myself beck to where I was biochemically before I tried to augment. It's taking awhile. I'm still awfully easily irritated and not sleeping particularly well altho I've started taking ambien to break out of my current sleeping (or non-sleeping) pattern. It's beyond me how people ever get these multiple meds in the right combinations and the right amounts. There are too many variables, particularly if you add environmental factors in as well. It makes me feel pretty gun-shy about rocking the boat, even when the boat's already rocky.
> Both these meds have to potential to cause the kind of side effects
> you were having so taking both probably made this effect
> pronounced in your case.
>
> james
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