Posted by Janelle on April 11, 2003, at 18:44:53
In reply to Re: Looking for perspective, posted by ladylight57 on April 11, 2003, at 18:26:55
Sorry to hear that your meeting and subsequent phone calls with your doctor left you feeling railroaded, angry and totally out of control of the situation -- been there, felt that.
Bummer that both tried Prozac and Celexa and seemed to make you more anxious than you would have liked and had sexual side effects that you couldn't tolerate. I've heard that Prozac can increase anxiety, and unfortunately all the SSRI's tend to have those darn sexual side effects.
I can understand the Celexa situation you had make you leery of the Lexapro, but I've posted on here about these two and despite the fact that Lexapro is supposed to be only the *active* part of Celexa, people say these two can make a person feel quite differently. Meaning they may be similar chemically but in the body they may not be all that similar. Something to ponder ... perhaps a trial of Lexapro (I hear one needs just a low dose - like 10 mg - to see if it will work).
As I said, I did well on Paxil for many years ... then it did the other thing (besides sexual side effects) that SSRI's are known for and that is inducing mania/hypomania. Argh. Then I got depressed and realized that it pooped out. I crashed after the period of hypomania - a mood swing had occurred, which then continued to happen after I was switched to EffexorXR.
I can understand and relate to your frustration with the pdoc. Sounds like you've got a few options now (sorry to confuse the matter!) - Lexapro, Paxil, Serzone (you didn't say why it scares you) the older tricyclics or MAOI's.
But it sounds like the first order of business for you is finding another pdoc?
Good luck 2 U.
poster:Janelle
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