Posted by Joy on April 6, 2001, at 13:49:37
In reply to Zoloft vs. Prozac, posted by Majandra on April 6, 2001, at 11:08:07
I find Prozac to work much better than Zoloft for me. I'm on 40 mg s of Prozac. When I was on Zoloft I went from 25 mg to 125 mg in 6 or 7 weeks; it did very little. I started Prozac week 6 taking Zoloft and weaned that down and started 10 mg Prozac for a few days, and then wento to 20 mgs. I felt better, but not totally until I tried 40 mgs of Prozac daily. This is my maintenance dose and it works well for me. In my own experience researching and reading the Message Boards, etc. it seems like Prozac works for more people, but you never know. I have a little insomnia from Prozac but no side effects; headaches [on Zoloft and Prozac] went away. My friend is 11 years on Prozac and Trazodone at night for sleeping, and she is fine [with no weight gain], so just go with your instincts. You can always switch. Good luck.
Joy
> I have been taking zoloft for 5 weeks and have noticed no lift in my mood. It is just making me exhausted. I'll spare you the whole story, but I had my first appointment w/ a new doctor and she immediately suggested switching me to prozac. I was a little worried about her doing that so swiftly, since she had only spoken to me for a few minutes and I felt that she didn't have a very good sense of my situation. Plus, another doctor I had seen in passing said something to the effect of "Boy, I'm glad you're not on Prozac." However, I do want to feel better. Right now I'm holding off on the decision for another week and am staying on zoloft at my current 75mg a day. Does anyone have any advice about possibly making the switch, any good/bad experiences w/ Prozac? Thanks.
> --Majandra
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