Posted by contemplative1 on February 28, 2004, at 20:28:48
In reply to Re: Serzone Questions/Liver and sex, posted by bookgurl99 on February 28, 2004, at 20:19:13
Thank you both. You give me some needed perspective on this drug.
I have tried EVERY SSRI and they seem to be my drugs of choice however the sexual sides and the emotional numbness have made me search for alternatives.
I have tried Lamictal, Neurontin, Remeron and none of them address my seratonin needs.
Serzone will hopefully increase my Seratonin retention as promised and it already appears to help with my sleep problems which are not severe, but I could use a little boost to get a good night of sleep (I have sleep apnea which does not help either).
Without an SSRI I want to murder every driver on the road and my wife is the object of my impatience and constant irritability and she does nothing to garner this unlucky position.
I take VERY good care of my liver, don't drink, don't take any drugs, don't drink coffee, I take all kinds of liver friendly supplements. My worst vice is excessive amounts of chocolate.
I am going to talk to my liver specialist and see what he says.
Any more advice would be welcome.
> hmm . . i was on serzone for years and loved it, but my tolerance for other things my liver needed to process was much reduced -- even simple things like coffee. i also had flash panic attacks on it that i've never had since i stopped taking it.
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> honestly, there are so many other good meds out that with the hep c concern, i wouldn't take Serzone anymore. my old pdoc told me that repeatedly testing for liver enzymes didn't serve any purpose, as the liver failure problems develop quite rapidly and can probably not be predicted by panels.
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> i didn't have any sexual side effects on serzone. i did feel sleepy alot, and drank a lot of coffee and took naps to sort of compensate. i also had a sort of facial edema while on it, but it wasn't very noticeable.
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> honestly, i think it is important to feel good about what you're injesting every day. if you're gonna feel anxious every time you put that Serzone in your mouth, psychological factors alone would be a reason to try something else.
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> good luck. :D
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