Posted by rod on November 28, 2002, at 5:48:11
In reply to Re: SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome » rod, posted by IsoM on November 24, 2002, at 12:47:30
> I keep mentioning this but no one's ever commented on it yet.
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> I found that when I took adrafinil (Olmifon), it completely stopped the discontinuation symptoms I had. I now take modafinil (Provigil -USA or Alertec -Canada) instead & think it may have definite benefits in that regard. When I broached the idea to my pharmacist, he was quite interested. He felt I should write the pharmaceutical company & tell them my results. I really wish I would hear more about this possibility as modafinil does activate different areas of the brain & affects different neurotranmitters than SSRIs.I recently lowered my dosage of Effexor XR (although it is not an SSRI), and it is worsening many symptoms, which I _suspect_ result in disturbed acetylcholin system.
But, Adrafinil does not help (I took a single dose of 300mg). I also have to say that I never got a usefull effect from adrafinil in previous atteppts, tryouts.But interesting anyway to hear that you found this.
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