Posted by DBT is hard. on June 3, 2014, at 22:13:18
I don't know what to do. My depression/anxiety is really bad right now. I just did a Parnate washout. My doctor prescribed both Prozac (20 mg) and Remeron (15 mg).
I want relief as fast as possible, so that tells me to start both at the same time right away, as prescribed.
But part of me wants to know if one will work on its own and how will I ever know if I start both at the same time. I don't want to take more drugs than necessary.
That being said, I've tried every class of drug out there over the past 23 years, including a couple of MAOIs. I also failed a course of 19 ECT treatments. Clearly treatment resistant. My anxiety is through the roof and the 5 mg of Klonopin a day that I take doesn't seem to do anything.
Since these two drugs take a while to work, and I need the best chance of relief as possible, should I just start them both at the same time, or should I try and bear just starting with one of them and waiting to see if it works before adding the second drug. Does my situation/question make sense? If someone feels really strongly that it's best to just start with one, which one would you start with?
Thank you.
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