Posted by Ted on April 6, 2001, at 14:13:09
In reply to Zoloft vs. Prozac, posted by Majandra on April 6, 2001, at 11:08:07
Hi Majandra,
I take zoloft. I have done *lots* of reading about all of the SSRIs, and this is what I believe to be true:
Prozac is a "dirty" ssri. It has lots of metabolic products and side effects which are undesireable. However, many of the metabolic products also have antidepressent qualities, so it is probably the most effect ssri.
Zoloft is one of the less powerful of the SSRIs and it has among the fewest side effects (celexa is probably better).
I take 150mg zoloft and my wife takes 200mg. I would suggest you slowly increase your zoloft dose until you reach the 200 mg level. If after 5 weeks at 200 mg it doesn't work, then switch. At your current dose, you're not even halfway there.
Ted
> 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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