Posted by King Vultan on December 22, 2004, at 0:42:08
In reply to Nefazadone question. Yes, I am desperate., posted by ravenstorm on December 21, 2004, at 12:17:45
> Trying to decide on the next med for the med merry go round and I have a question about generic serzone (since the brand has been pulled just about every where due to that little liver failure debacle).
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> Here is the deal. I did try serzone once, during one of my unsuccessful attempts to switch off of paxil. I took the starter pack as suggested and had absolutely no anxiety, agitation, irritability. . .and could virtually not function (seriously) due to extreme sedation. As everyone here has heard ad nauseaum, I am extremely medication sensitive. Do you think that the starter pack titration just may have been too fast for me. Has anyone ever gone on serzone more slowly than the starter pack and gotten over the extreme sedation? Even WB sedated me for the first two to three weeks I was on it!
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> Yes, I am indeed grasping at straws. It was just yet another medication "maybe" that popped into my swirling brain recently. Unfortunately, the fact that I'm still on the damn mirtazapine means that I'd probably just be extra damn sedated on nefazadone.
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> As always, any input appreciated. . .but I don't even know if anyone is taking this stuff anymore!
I just saw my pdoc and have added very low dose Risperdal to augment my Parnate. Both he and I independently came to the same conclusion that it would be best to start at 1/2 of the smallest pill available. He said that I seem to be relatively sensitive to medications, which I was a little surprised to hear, but I suppose that is basically true. My own specific reasoning in this case is that the only other drug I've tried with significant 5-HT2A blocking ability was nortriptyline, which I found to be ridiculously sedating and barely tolerable. I am fortunate that my depression is already well under control with the Parnate, and I can afford to start out at such a pitiful dose of the Risperdal and very slowly titrate upward to find a level that will hopefully have some therapeutic benefit without excessive side effects.Todd
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