Posted by michael on October 12, 2000, at 22:26:33
In reply to Re: Feedback/thoughts? Andrew/JohnL/Cam et al. (long), posted by JohnL on October 2, 2000, at 4:31:35
John,
Thanks very much for the feedback/insight. Are you saying that you are able to notice a difference w/this new regime, now that you've started w/the low dose prozac again?
I plan to try 5mg/day prozac w adrafinil - hoping to get back to where I was for those two weeks last spring... (20mg/day had horrendous effects on my memory...) Planning on starting next week - when the prozac arrives... Not have as much success w/effexor trial - but then again, I've been sick, so I may give it another shot down the road, but first I'm gonna try the prozac/adrafinil combo. Hoping I won't have any libido/ED issues with this combo... Keeping my fingers crossed, and trying not to get my hopes up to high... Thanks again, and let me know how things are working out (what's your regimine these days?) or if you have any other insights to share. michael
> Michael!
> I think you hit a bullseye! Way to go! Now THAT's what I call making sense of it all. I can tell you thought this out very carefully like a detective, and I think you've done a marvelous job.
>
> I think your reasoning makes perfect sense. Why? Because I experienced the same exact thing. My best response to Adrafinil, Amisulpride, or both together, came about 2 weeks after stopping longterm Prozac. I definitely agree with you there is some kind of good synergy between Adrafinil and/or Amisulpride AND low dose Prozac. I don't think it's your imagination. I think it's real.
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> That's why I am now taking small dose Prozac again. I empty the contents of a 20mg capsule into juice, stir it well, and drink 1/4 of it per day, saving the rest in the fridge for the next day. I can even skip a day if I want. Prozac, as you know,lingers a long time. I'm sure my 5mg dose of Prozac by itself is not a major factor, but when it is the platform for Adrafinil and/or Amisulpride (mostly Adrafinil) it is a HUGE factor. That's my experience anyway, and seems to be in complete agreement with yours.
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> Is it the same with Effexor? I don't know. I think it could be. I once tried them both together and it was great, though only for a couple days. Side effects, ya know. Effexor was just way too sedating for me and also caused serious anorgasmia at just 37.5mg. Prozac on the other hand actually boosts my libido and does not have serious anorgasmia (just enough to make lovemaking better, but not enough to make it laborious). Perfect.
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> Very interesting! Way to go! I just had to respond and let you know that you are not the only one that has noticed this phenomenon with Prozac and Adrafinil. It's my experience exactly.
> John
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