Posted by SoS on April 14, 2003, at 4:08:08
In reply to Re: Has anyone switched from Zoloft to Serzone?, posted by Katia on April 14, 2003, at 2:39:21
> Interesting I found this thread. Because Zoloft is not working for me. I've been a zombie staring at walls for the past two and half months. (on Zoloft). This is my first round of ADs in my 32 yrs. of life. The first was also an SSRI, Celexa. It didn't work for me, then Effexor which worked and I finally got a feeling of normalcy, but those electric shock things became a daily side effect, so I transitioned onto Zoloft for the past three months actually and I can not take anymore. I seem to be more of a zombie than when I am depressed. or am I simply depressed and the Zoloft has zero effect?
> Anyway, since the Effexor seemed to work for a month or so, I figured maybe Serzone??? I'm new to this AD experience and I'm already exhausted and feeling hopeless. Been trying them since July 02. Life is bloody hard...
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> anyone have any updated or related experience with Serzone or Remeron? I am a terrible sleeper, but on Effexor and Zoloft all i do is sleep. I'd like a middle ground. Wellbutrin may be too stimulating for a troubled sleeper? I don't have a good pdoc so I'm doing all the research on my own really and then making suggestions to an overworked pdoc in an non-profit clinic and he normally just agrees with me and prescribes, this confused dazed depressed person! I feel sooooo stupid (yes stupid, no better word) on Zoloft!!!! I can't form sentences and am terribly confused. Thank god I realize this in my confused state!!! Also my insurance has run out and won't cover ADs anymore. Life in America is soooo jolly and supportive!
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> Any suggestions on Remeron or Serzone?
> thanks soo much
> Katia
I don't know if this will help but I've tried Zoloft (first one), Prozac, Serzone, Celexa and wellbutrin, in combinations and alone, and what my personal experience has been is that the SSRI's make me zombie-ish/duh what? and wellbutrin (which is the AD I'm currently on) "helps" me, not that I'm where I want to be, but I can get out of bed and hold a conversation, so it's been a lot better. I think I'm a dopamine deficient depressed person instead of a serotonin? deficient depressed person (or some combination, but mostly dopamine). Sleeping hmm....ya wellbutrin can mess with it for me I guess, but I don't mind, and I'm on some nightime stuff...but at least it doesn't disturb my actual sleep, like weird dreams, and wake-ups like some of the others. I go to bed late, but I sleep fine. I don't love Wellbutrin (I have a little trouble finding words, which may or may not be from wellbutrin, but I know about the not being able to form sentences and it's definitely a lot less of an inconvenience) but it's worked the best for me so far, and it hasn't made me gain weight, or have electrical shocks or made me a complete zombie, or made me crave alcohol so ya....it's kind of like an upper though I guess.When I took serzone I had some pretty strange effects, but it was better than prozac, I think...it made me feel a little too outgoing, like it lowered my inhibitions/stopped me from thinking things through too much? I also craved alcohol strongly on it (which happened with the SSRI's to)...bad bad combo, and I had the most vivid, strange, uncomortable dreams/nightmares, making me feel like I hadn't slept at all, so although it let me fall asleep, it still was sleep disturbing. Anyway sort of just rambling, but reading your post sounds a lot like my experience with AD's so maybe we have a similar reaction to them, but I dunno. I still don't know where the line from depressed to not depressed is.
MM
P.S. HMO's are the devil, and although my Pdoc is definitely not overworked and is probably VERY comfortable, if I didn't do any research and wasn't taking an active role with these meds, I'd be on Seroquel for sleep.....a little extreme to say the least. He goes off of what I suggest too, which is a little disturbing being that I'm the one needing his expertise....anyway
I hear there are magical lands far far away where you pay next to nothing and get to choose your doctors...some day I'm going to run away and have a whole half hour appointment with one of them...some day
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