Posted by nilla on April 11, 2003, at 12:50:47
hey.. okay, I'm currently on 300 mg of serzone at bedtime. I think I've plateaued and am going to suggest increasing my dosage up to 400. (I was on 5-600 2 years ago, weaned off it and am on it again. I found it was most succesfull at 400mg and higher). However, I'm extremely apathetic, have nightmares (which I've had since way before serzone) and take ambien occasionally. During the day, I can fall asleep just about anywhere within a few minutes if I left myself doze off.. but the scariest thing is that sometimes, I just fall asleep. It will be completely overwhelming within the course of a few minutes tot he point where my eyes can't focus on anything. It's almost narcoleptic and scares me.
I'm concerned about liver failure and serzone but since I've been on and offof it for almost 3 years, it seems I am not at such a high risk for it anymore.. but if anyone knows of any SSRI's similar to it, I'd appreciate it..
I tried provigil in the past but it was very short lived and at a short dosage because it has been found to decrease the effectiveness of birth control. Does anyone have any suggestions for enegry levels and depression? I tried EFfexor XR and hated every second of it. Additionally, I tried Wellbutrin for a while and it had no effect.. in addition to Paxil. (the paxil was combined with the serzone and so was the wellbutrin. Effexor was on it's on but I wouldn't try it again if you paid me)..
I also toyed with SAM-E; it did nothing. and I take b12 supplements for a morning boost but I don'tt hink they help either..
thanks everyone...
-looking for peace
poster:nilla
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