Posted by Ritch on June 11, 2003, at 10:04:18
In reply to Re: Ritch -- SSRIs, posted by cybercafe on June 11, 2003, at 2:27:09
>... i think i am feeling better on celexa, it's strange... effexor made me feel worse + effected sleeping habits when i first went on it... celexa has NO noticeable effects of a doseage increase... and for the first time since being depressed my libido is back
The biggest problem I have with Effexor is the sleep disrupting potential it has. Prozac and Zoloft disrupted sleep worse. Celexa was easier on the sleep process for me too. The worst thing that would happen is having a little trouble *getting* to sleep, but once I fell asleep I snoozed pretty well. If I can just sleep decent-I'm set for the next day.
>.... i thought buspar was just a post synaptic 5ht1a agonist or something...The metabolite has noradrenergic activity-I think that is what is the real "booster" in it.
> >I've found that my bipolar depressions DON'T respond to serotonin agents exclusively, I have to bump the other neurotransmitters to get any relief.
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> hmmmm! ... yeah ... this ritalin is really great... i just started a pseudo job so we'll see how things work out.... but i hope to be rich and lavish my bipolar friends with gifts of aripiprazole in the near future :)Stimulants have done the trick for BP depression for me in the past. Generic methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine are very cheap compared to Abilify!
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