Posted by g_g_g_unit on January 24, 2011, at 0:56:41
In reply to Re: combining stimulants with SSRIs » g_g_g_unit, posted by floatingbridge on January 23, 2011, at 16:45:12
Thanks fb! Zoloft seems to be a really common 'first love'/gateway med from what I've picked up . .
I appreciate the algorithm you've designed for me. I'll see what my psychiatrist has to say on Friday.
Be well. .
> ggg,
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> Pristiq was 'gentle' for me. More that effexor and cymbalta (!) for sure.
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> I'm rethinking zoloft. Folks have been mentioning it again. That was my first med (nostalgia factor) which was pleasant but also stupifying. I cold-turkeyed it. I did dumb things at the
> beginning of my treatment. I didn't have a stimulant on board.
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> It would be easier to try zoloft first, and if you weren't satisfied, bump 'up' to pristiq, then cymbalta. That's the rock, paper, scissors order imho :)
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> fb
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