Posted by temoigneur on April 17, 2005, at 0:50:03
In reply to Anyone still taking Prozac?, posted by tanner257 on April 16, 2005, at 9:22:52
> I took Prozac several years ago, with good success, for about a year until it pooped out, and I decided to tough it out without ADs.
> Yesterday my therapist suggested I go back on an AD (a surprise, since she's not really pro-meds). I guess I have been downplaying the seriousness of my depression, even to myself.
> Anyway, I know there are a lot of other ADs out there nowadays, but is anyone still taking Prozac and having good results? At one time it was a wonder drug for me.
> Thanks.
Hi Tanner, it was a 'wonder drug'for me, the variability in individual responses is so vast - I responded within hours - it could have been a placebo affect, but my thinking processes and everything become coherent, where before I was stuck in a anxious fragmented obsessive depression, it worked wonders for me for 4 months, then suddenly pooped out. I switched back and forth between it and luvox, then they both stopped working anxiety came flooding back in. I wonder about 2 things - could my insomnia, have exacerbated my condition - there was no ambien at that time, also I went to the U.S> national anxiety disorder meeting, and a specialist was saying that even though the generic and 'brand' versions of the drug are considered identical - the generic version only has to have something in the order of 80% of the active ingredient, more importantly, there can be and sometimes are very subtle structural differences, that he said, for some people may make a difference in how the two forms are metabolized.As far as dosage with SSRI's I heard that over 60-80 mg, the response curve is flat, I was told by a friend, not a professional, that over about ~80mg, there is no advantage in increasing dosage - however, he takes 210mg , b/c by some mechanism, it keeps his diabetes in check. Everyone is so different Take care.
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