Posted by PsychoSage on February 14, 2004, at 4:47:51
In reply to Re: what to augment PROZAC with? T3???????????, posted by bipolarspectrum on February 13, 2004, at 20:07:09
> THanx for the posts Noa and Shadow,
> I've tried Serzone and it caused grave insomnia, I believe due to the norepin effects... Well, my med history is surreal, 28 different ones I believe... All of the Canadian and American ones, plus a couple Euro's like tianeptine and reboxetine.. But my prob is going on these drugs and suffering severe side-effects such that I only last a couple days to a week on these drugs... But my pdoc is great and I have faith he'll have something to add to this conversation...
> PS. My thyrotropin was tested at around 2.48 MIU/L
> Thanx for ur attention and reads..Hey bipolarspectrum. Trazadone is an excellent idea. it is not habit forming, and it works for a while before you may have to increase it. I only took it in a psych ward at a hospital once, but I watched one of my best friends take it every night, and it worked like a charm, but she had munchies in the middle of the night. It is related to serzone which is nefazadone. Naturally, if serzone is sedating then this will be too.
I usually take the side effects and go with the drug for a few weeks. That is how ever single drug out there is like. Every drug will give you torture for at least a day. Perhaps you need to revisit your strategy and realize most of us stick it out for a few weeks to a month to see what happens.
This is psychiatry we are talking about right?
Think of this as stenuous exercise.
Keep tinkering around because you need to get that steady state, and you have to be on a drug for a while as you know. Sometimes you need to be on the same regimen or nearly the same one for a year or six onths to really get a robust effect.
They say things can work in a week or 2-4, but that is bull. They use that to sell drugs. YOu can improve quickly, but to benefit from a drug - antidepressant- you should stick with something. Naturally, you don't want to commit to sedating or overstimulating regimens. Do low doses and work through the easiest ones. Good luck! we know you are soooo frustrated. We all have been there and many still are.
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