Posted by jrbecker76 on January 17, 2008, at 23:22:17 [reposted on January 20, 2008, at 3:27:53 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Serzone withdrawal, need some help getting off !!!, posted by bleauberry on January 17, 2008, at 21:01:53
I would also echo Bleauberry's suggestion of cross-titrating on Remeron, and then slowly coming off of this (although you might want to give it a shot longterm as well). I was on a very low dose of Serzone (Nefazodone) on and off for quite a few years. I found that it was a very successful adjunct to my mainstay treatment of SNRIs (Cymbalta now, before Effexor). The only thing that led me to come off of Nefazodone was the fact that [due to my med sensitivity], Nefazodone had a significant effect on my cognition -- including memory and word recall -- and was getting in the way of my work performance. Beyond that though, the antidepressant, anti-anxiety, hypnotic and sexual-side-effect-antidote effects of Nefazodone puts it as one of the most under-utilized drugs in the arsenal (too bad for that whole liver failure scare). On another occassion, I also successfully came off Nefazodone using Klonopin (clonazepam), however, it wasn't as useful bolstering against the depression rebound as Remeron was. But be assured of this though, there is indeed a withdrawal coming off of Nefazodone, and the extreme acuteness of your current panic symptoms will at least subside in time.
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