![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 4 of 4. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by will_2009 on May 22, 2009, at 20:38:51
I started zoloft (up to 100 mg) w/wellbutrin sr 150 about seven weeks ago for moderate-severe depression and anxiety. Brutal diarrhea for six of those weeks until doc finally ruled out everything but the zoloft as a cause. Six weeks of diarrhea is no fun. :)
He gave me 10 mg of lexapro today and told me to start it immediately. I was under the impression that stepping down from zoloft and ramping up on something else was the way to go? Anyway, anybody have experience moving from zoloft + wellbutrin to lexapro + wellbutrin? Just wondering what the substantive differences are between zoloft and lexapro (not side effects, but positive effects).
Thanks!!!!
Posted by Phillipa on May 23, 2009, at 0:16:29
In reply to zoloft to lexapro, posted by will_2009 on May 22, 2009, at 20:38:51
Seems more pdocs are starting slowly to avoid sides effects so the patient can tolerate better. Phillipa
Posted by desolationrower on May 23, 2009, at 7:18:19
In reply to Re: zoloft to lexapro » will_2009, posted by Phillipa on May 23, 2009, at 0:16:29
> Seems more pdocs are starting slowly to avoid sides effects so the patient can tolerate better. Phillipa
if you stick a frog in pan of water, boil it slowly...same way to kill a soul with ssri or zyprexa
-d/r
Posted by raisinb on May 23, 2009, at 18:38:27
In reply to zoloft to lexapro, posted by will_2009 on May 22, 2009, at 20:38:51
I have made this shift successfully. My experience is that Zoloft is a little more powerful, but that Lexapro is way better in terms of sex drive. I had zero on 100 mg of Zoloft and quite a lot on 50 mg of Zoloft + 20 of Lexapro.
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.