Posted by BobS, on April 11, 2004, at 18:10:38
In reply to Re: Questions for Chemist - Pregabalin and Zoloft, posted by chemist on April 9, 2004, at 23:08:45
Keith/Chemist,
Thanks for your replies. My pdoc believes Xanax is better than Klonopin and prefers it to Klonopin. I should note also that is is only the last month or so that I exceeded 2 mg of Xanax. If and when the Zoloft kicks in, I will begin an immediate taper of Xanax.However, the real issue are my symptoms. Even though my dx is harm avoidant OCD and atypical depression, my symptoms are severe anxiety, the punishing kind. Xanax is the only thing that allows me to get out of bed at the moment. Multiple exogenous triggers have put me into a depression, which naturally is mostly anxiety. I tried Zoloft a couple of weeks ago, but had to stop as I felt worse. Now we are having a second trial with a slow titration and a Pindolol preceding the trial by a week. So my real question was/is what do you think of Zoloft, because my pdoc, a psycho pharmacologist, is very high on it? In other words, what could make it better than the others?
As to the combo of Xanax and Zoloft, could you please elaborate on your thoughts?
BTW, my OCD is not the kind most are familiar with, but rather constant reading of abstracts on Medline, etc., which by the way I only comprehend about 2% of, looking for hope (Pregabalin) to alleviate anxiety.
Thanks again,
BobS.
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