Posted by Elizabeth on June 8, 2001, at 23:36:59
In reply to Re: Question for Elizabeth, posted by gilbert on June 8, 2001, at 22:19:32
> You said you were in the middle of a med switch if I am not prying too much what and why.
I stopped taking Parnate because I didn't think it was doing me much good. I'm doing an experiment with Ultram at the moment, but otherwise I'm just taking buprenorphine and occasional benzos.
> I would love to have had a ssri work for me much more socially acceptable...almost hip to be on prozac now.
Forget socially acceptable; it's just *easier*. Prozac (up to 60 mg) and Zoloft (up to 200) were totally free of any side effects for me. Unfortunately they were also free of any other effects as well.
The only thing I didn't try was like 2.5 per day or 5 mg every other day and would ya think these doses would even be effective at blocking panic.....that's if they still didn't take away my sex life.
They might be effective. The way to treat PD with ADs is to start at a low dose -- like 10 mg of imipramine, 5 or even 2.5 of Prozac, 25 of Zoloft, 37.5 of Effexor, etc. -- and increase it very slowly. And hope you have Xanax handy while you're waiting.
Sexual dysfunction is a side effect that many pdocs don't take seriously enough (weight gain is another). The problem, I think, is that they can't put themselves in our place. Like, how would they feel if they put on 50 lbs, or couldn't have an orgasm anymore?
-elizabeth
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