Posted by musky on October 3, 2006, at 1:55:07
In reply to Re: Staying off Antidepressants, posted by SLS on October 2, 2006, at 14:25:48
> If this is a posting board about withdrawl .. why are you talking about going back on and again trying yet another med??
And there is long term withdrawl by the way ask a heroine addict.. a/d are no different.. rebound anxiety is withdrawl... youve changed the brain chemistry of course the brain will react for many months..Good luck Philip... no one drug is any better that the other even drug companies admit to this..
we seem to keep going round and round in circles here.. not getting anywhereHang in there anyone out there who wants OFF the meds and needs encouragement through withdrawls..
Musky
> Can you remember if it seemed any easier for people to deal wth? Isn't it the only one still approved by the FDA (for what that's worth) for people younger than 18?
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> Yes.
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> Doctors are going up to 60mg at this point.
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> I wish I had a list of the things that make Prozac different from the other SSRIs. For some reason, the details escape me. I think it is somewhat more noradrenergic than the others as it inhibits the reuptake weakly, and it blocks to some extent 5-HT2A/C receptors. It does have multiple actions.
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> - Scott
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