Posted by sabo on February 5, 2008, at 2:19:45
Hi,
I've been on prozac (for depression and anxiety) for over 10years and a few months ago completely stopped it (tapered off) and was clean from prozac for 2 -3 months. It just simply lost its effectiveness. I fell into a deep hole in the time I was off prozac and thought i could live without taking medication. I was wrong. After being put on avanza (made me sleep non-stop), cipramil (caused sexual dysfunction) I ended up back on prozac (this is my 3rd week back on it, have been on 20mg dose). It's done nothing and i've realised it is not going to work like it use to.
Today I saw my psychiatrist and he suggested to give lexapro a try. I sighed and embraced myself for another "dip". What worried me even more is that he said there was no need to taper off the prozac...just commence lexapro straight away. Is this strange ? What about serotonin syndrome ?
poster:sabo
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