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Posted by likewater on November 14, 2001, at 12:41:05
Hi everyone,
Last year I had a bad episode of depression(atypical is the best description i've seen). It cleared up to I guess dysthmia. So I've be seeing a therapist on and off for the last year. That wasn't helping me enough on its own so I decided to go see a pyschiatrist.
He put me on 20 mg of Prozac. The good thing was that I didnt have any noticable side effects. The bad was that I didnt have any good effects. I think it may have even made me more tired than usual.
So after a month I went back to him. And he said i should give it another month considering i dont have any side effects. well its been a week since then and I'm actually feeling worse, I even had a real bad crying episode which I havnt had in quite a long time.
So how long should I give this, is medication possibly just wrong for me?
Thank you,
James
Posted by tensor on November 14, 2001, at 12:57:17
In reply to How long?, posted by likewater on November 14, 2001, at 12:41:05
I wonder why he didn't raise it to 40mg, you should have responded by now. My opionion is that you shouldn't wait another month, tell him to raise your dosage instead. If no response with higher dose, then try a different med.
/tensor
Posted by jazzdog on November 14, 2001, at 13:56:33
In reply to Re: How long?, posted by tensor on November 14, 2001, at 12:57:17
A lot of shrinks undermedicate with ssri's. I had no response to zoloft until I hit 200 mg (equal to 80 mg. prozac). Then I responded brilliantly, and was able to move back down to a maintenance dose of 50 mg (20 prozac).
- jane
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