Posted by m3 on March 19, 2002, at 23:59:30
Hello, I've posted mostly on the Social board before but now I'm doing the serial-trial-of-several-meds thing and looking for advice.The main question I have, before I get into the exact cocktail I'm currently taking, is whether to keep taking Prozac & Xanax since I'm sleeping 16 hours a day. This might seem like a no-brainer, but I'm in the middle of the med dance, so I can't tell what's withdrawal and what's just not working yet...
Anyway, the things I started taking 5 days ago:
Xanax .5 mg 2-3x daily
Prozac 20 mg 1x dailySince starting these I've been doing the ridiculous-sleeping thing.
BUT I am also still taking:
Buspar 30mg 2x day (has never caused problems)
Serzone 100mg a day, gradually coming down from 400mgThe Serzone also made me very sleepy while I was ramping up to the 400mg and didn't get any better after a week or two at full dose. It also didn't do anything at all for my mood.
The thing is, besides the sleeping I'm also completely miserable and totally lacking energy. Before I started all this I was on Effexor 300mg/day, and I was stable and functional, just sort of anhedonic (is that a word?). So the misery could be the new drugs, the effects of the Effexor finally being totally gone from my system (>3 weeks), or just what I'm like untreated b/c the Prozac hasn't had long enough to kick in.
Anyway. I know most people here aren't pharmacists or pdocs, but I wonder if anyone has some words of wisdom because I'm really feeling bad. Please share if you feel you've gone through something like this in a med switch or otherwise...
m3
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