Posted by Miss A on December 9, 2000, at 14:37:44
Hi there! I just stumbled on this site as I was looking for helpful serzone info. There is a wealth of information here! Thank you! I am 27 years old and I have had moderate depression/anxiety for fourteen years now, and FINALLY accepted I could not fix it on my own. Funny how long we can stay in denial, huh? (I am sure I feel yucky today because I had that cookie yesterday! Or I am sure I feel irrationally pissed off because I did not sleep well last night! Or, I am sure i feel weepy because of "whatever reason you use to fill in the blank that day". Then it hits you! You have not felt good in fourteen years.) Funny. Anyway, I started taking St. John's wort in April because I was a wimp and did not want to do the so called "hard stuff," i had basically been medicating myself with alchohol for years--slowing down each time it got out of hand, but using it nonetheless. The Wort seemed to help at first, I worked up to 900mg every night and it seemed to help me sleep and deal with every day quirks. After a few months though, i realized that it really was not doing enough. (Still dark, inexplainable moods/wanting to stay in bed all day/loss of enthusiasm for anything and 10 pound weight gain) Yesterday I bucked up and went to the student health center and explained my situation to the doctor, including how my mother, aunts, and grandmother were all on various antidepressants and all said they had wished they had stared taking them YEARS ago. Anyway (I am babbling here--I guess that is what i am SUPPOSED to do! : ) She wants to start me on 100mg twice a day, but after reading a lot of these threads, I think that is a bit excessive and i have decided to start at a much lower dose on my own. maybe 50mg at night and 25mg in the morning. I have to be careful, because nasty side effects can worsen my panic (I have not had a full blown attack in almost two years-thanks to behavioral cognitive therapy- and I would hate to accidentally bring it all back! ) She wants me to totally quit the Wort and start the serzone in five days. i have heard that can cause some nasty side effects since Wort is in the same family as prozac. Shouldn't i taper off the Wort and taper onto the serzone at the same time? I cut my dose of wort last night to 600mg. and figure I will do the same tonight, and then go down to 300mg the following day. Does anyone have any suggestions? am i overreacting here? As I am sure you all can understand, i want to be careful with my body. this is a very big step for me, and I want to do it right. i don't want to get onto a crazy roller coaster. How stupid does THAT sound?? I have already been on one for YEARS!
Miss A
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