Posted by Roslynn on October 5, 2010, at 15:26:17
In reply to Re: 50mg clomipramine is a HIGH dose with 60mg Prozac, posted by Brainbeard on October 5, 2010, at 14:30:14
Hi Brainbeard,
Unfortunately I cannot lower the Prozac dose; I've tried several times and it brings back the depression very quickly.
I really want to get off Seroquel (which I use for sleep) and I'm hoping that my doc will write a script for the 5mg Nortrip. That should help. Weight gain has also been an issue for me with Seroquel.
Thank you for all the info you've given me!
Roslynn
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> Couldn't you at least lower your Prozac dose?
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> You could also move over to a sleep-friendly SSRI like Luvox (fluvoxamine), although then you REALLY would have to have blood levels checked - or tread carefully - since Luvox boosts clomipramine exactly the other way around as does Prozac: it boosts the mother drug, i.e. clomipramine itself, while suppressing the noradrenergic metabolite. Sorry for all this metabolism talk, I'm in this dung too deep. (Sorry for saying 'dung', it's because 'sh*t' is censored.)
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> Remeron (mirtazapine) could help a lot too, especially if you also fancy becoming fat as an elephant. ;)
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