Posted by michelle41a on October 22, 2010, at 11:15:34
In reply to Re: Going from Zoloft to Remeron I am worried :(, posted by linkadge on October 22, 2010, at 6:54:12
> >As with everything, all you have to do is read >enough reports of people doing better on Lexapro >to start to get the idea that there is a good >chance Lexapro is better than Celexa.
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> Sure...for those people in whom it works better. Keep in mind, many patients would simply never switch to lexapro if citalopram were working fine.
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> >you will start to get an idea of what is going >on with these drugs.
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> I'd love to believe that your pool of friends and family constitutes even a fraction of one percent of the people who have tried both drugs. According to the following meta analysis, "the manufacturer's claims of superiority for escitalopram over citalopram are unwarranted". Unless you are going to perform a larger meta-analysis, I'm going to maintain my opinions.
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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14665791
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> >What's going on with you Linkage?
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> Trying to pull the old "why are you acting like this?" routine, I see. I think (before asking what is wrong) you first need to clearly establish that there is something wrong, other than your own personal incompatability with my ways.
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> Linkadge
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>Hi everyone!
Just wanted to give you an update on my experience with Remeron.
Yesterday was day 4 of remeron. I stopped the zoloft the first day I took the remeron (Per doc's suggestion)
I feel much calmer during the day but I do still get the morning groggy feeling. The extreme morning anxiety (racing heart, sweating, panic along with loose bm) has subsided quite a bit. I still am dealing with the loose bm episodes in the morning, but it is only in the morning. I still have feelings of weirdness but I am hoping that will subside as well.
As you know I have been on .5 klonopin daily (I take .125 chunks when I feel anxious) I am still wondering if I should keep the daily dose of .5 for now. My biggest fear of klonopin is possibly lowering the dose and having withdrawls. I have only been on klonopin for 2 months so I guess I may not have to worry about that.
I apologize for my ignorance to the dosing of klonopin, it is a new med for me. Also, adjusting to the remeron is scary but getting better. I guess all I can do is try to go about my daily activities as best as I can while dealing with the med change from zoloft to remeron. I am also dealing with an ovarian cyst which has been causing me some mild pain. I went to my gyno yesterday and he scheduled another ultrasound to see if the cyst has become larger. I am hoping to avoid surgery because my anxiety could not handle it right now. Another concern is my 20lb weight loss from the anxiety. I was assured by my gyno that being 5'8 and 110 lbs was not life threatening for someone with a small frame structure. But when you suffer from panic/GAD it still can bother you.. I try not to look in the mirror because it scares me that I look so thin! I was really thin (115 lbs) before my start with ssri's 10 years ago, I guess I became used to being 25 lbs over my "normal" weight. I want to thank everyone for their continued support and advise during all of this.
((HUGS))
Michelle
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