Posted by jay on May 20, 2004, at 6:59:15
Man, these meds do NOT like me! Prozac side-effects where *nothing* compared to these. The *crash* is hell, and then get the major munchies..and pig out. I am not (still) against their use, but we and our docs should be aware some have some pretty nasty side effects.
What is it anyways that causes problems?? Is it the massive release of dopamine and depleting our stores of dopamine?
See..I had probs with Zoloft, BIG time, and I understand it has some of the most potent dopamine reuptake of all ssri's. I also couldn't tolerate Efexor, and even Paxil (which is said to have some higher SNRI properties.) Celexa I could live with...but it was just *blah*. Now, touch wood, after almost a year on Prozac and benzo's + zyprexa prn, I've got some sence of getting my 'normal' life back. It's just the sexual side effects of Prozac that are a pain. What do I do about that if I can't tolerate the dopamine/.norepinephrine type meds?
Anyhow...comments appreciated! Thanks...
Jay
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