Posted by ChicagoKat on March 18, 2013, at 17:21:43
In reply to Prozac or Ludiomil/Maprotiline experiences??, posted by alexcanada on March 12, 2013, at 3:33:53
Hi Alex,
Sorry, I am replying to all of your posts several days late! Did you make a decision as to which antidepressant to try? I have never taken Maprotiline, and I am wondering if I should perhaps give it a go. But I can tell you that, to me, Prozac was a miracle drug. But then, it was the first antidepressant I had ever taken. However, it did give me energy (but not too much, ie no anxiety), it made me feel happy with peace of mind, made me more confident and all kinds of good things. But that was, of course, before it pooped out on me. :(
I'd really be interested to hear what you try!
Kat> Hi. I really need to go on a proper anti-dep for my severe melancholic dep. I've been becoming a bit too vegetative and mindless. Like some zombie. So difficult to think most of the time. Without gabapentin I'm not sure I'd be even posting this. I currently take ritalin total 5mg a day and valium 2.5mg a day but trying to taper very slowly.
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> I have a few options. My pdoc has had me on various things including parnate, paxil, nardil, wellbutrin and about 2 dozen others in the past. Most success I've had were with paxil and then years later on parnate. Both of which i stopped due to loss of effect. Ritalin and benzos have also helped somewhat.
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> How would Ludiomil compare vs prozac? Prozac might be the only popular ssri I have never taken. zoloft i felt like a zombie. celexa drove anxiety really high but i was in a very severe state at that time 9 years ago.
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> it has been very hard to find detailed online experiences for ludiomil.
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> I am worried about potential harsh side effects. My doc told me it was a harsh med but I forget the rest of the details.
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> Prozac I am more likely to try. I hate numbing effect of ssris but paxil gave me some kind of life at least. I was able to speak to people, have a few small interests, some small emotion, was doing a few activities, was able to make some friends. Parnate was a bit similar. I also had some partial response to risperidone in terms of ability to enjoy things slightly, as well as some benefit from wellbutrin, and stablon.
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> Please share your experiences or any advice/information. I have been having an intensely difficult time this winter and trying out Licorice root, magnesium cirtrate, resveratrol, l-tyrosine, l-tyrpophan, borage oil etc at various times has only helped me on a very minor level and/or made me worse.
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> I absolutely need to make a huge change in my life. Most of the time it is too difficult to get out of bed!! I have almost no drive, motivation, interest in anything.
On a steady diet of soda pop and Ritalin
-Green Day
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