Posted by Ritch on February 13, 2003, at 23:22:24
In reply to Re: Tremor on SSRI/zoloft? Anything I can do? » Ritch, posted by fairnymph on February 13, 2003, at 13:57:41
Is there anything that Zoloft is doing for you that Prozac or Effexor didn't do as effectively? If not, maybe you just need to switch back to one of those to eliminate the tremor?
Serzone too sedative? I thought it was. You might not like it. I would consider the Buspar add. I didn't find it sedative-just caused a little light-headedness, and then I got an increased alertness from it after awhile, but it transformed into a dysphoric hypomania later on-but I'm bipolar-you may not have that problem.
If you are having seasonal/bipolar/atypical depressive symptoms (with anxiety) MAOI's might be a good suggestion to your pdoc. I haven't tried any yet however.
> It's weird, too, since prozac didn't have any tremor or other motor effects for me (at 40 mg/day). Neither did Effexor.
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> Fortunutely, I don't seem to be suffering from anything other than the tremor...very mild jaw clenching but not worrisome and controllable with magnesium.
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> I took a lot of vitamin c and e at the suggestion of another poster and that DID seem to reduce the tremor significantly.
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> I'd like to try and avoid adding any strong meds to the zoloft, if possible. But, the serzone sounds interesting, because I've also heard that it can help with difficulty orgasming (which I have).
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> Is serzone sedating? I'm having some real issues with fatigue and lethargy, due to the winter time/weather, and i think also from starting on the zoloft. So, if serzone is sedating, I'll be fucked....I can barely get out of bed some days as it is...
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> Thanks again...
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> > You sound SSRI-sensitive. Zoloft caused a lot of restless legs and jaw clenching and some bruxism for me (worse than most SSRI's). You could possibly try adding a little (10-20mg/day) of a TCA such as nortriptyline (which has anticholinergic effects that might help), or adding some Neurontin (which possibly could help with bruxism or restless legs), OR adding some Buspar to negate some of the serotonergic effects of the Zoloft that could be contributing to those symptoms, OR adding a benzodiazepine (clonazepam, diazepam), OR try a little Serzone with it to see if that helps with the restlessness-motor aspect of it.
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