I have various mental health problems that
I will not bore you with at the moment,
but I am curious as to you knowledge
regarding this particular class of anti
depressants. I have taken paroxetine
(good for anxiety, tourettes, but bad for
depression), sertraline (pretty good at a
high dose, but came off it) and am now on
fluoxetine- the worst in my case for
killing libido!
I see a psychiatrist and am thinking about
going back to sertraline (zoloft/lustral)
for the time being. My question to you
is this:
do the more potent ssris work as well a
second time around? I know for a fact
that paroxetine (paxil for you yanks) does
not. These things take long enough to
kick in, so I don't want to waste my time
if the it is unlikely that it will have
the same affect for me this time around.
Your personal experiences would be greatly
appreciated!
Cheers.
Last edited by jazzman on 04-27-05 18:57pm; edited 1 time in total
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jazzman
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 14
Posted: 04-04-05 16:18pm
No-one????????????
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jazzman
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 14
Posted: 04-07-05 14:16pm
All right, i'll tell you how it went.
Paroxetine and sertraline worked well for
anxiety and even tourettes but I still
felt depressed as hell, so I switched to
fluoxetine. I am a sex maniac to be
honest with you, and not even paroxetine
harmed my over active libido in any way
shape or form. But fluoxetine killed me
from the waist down! No joke...
So I am back on what you guys call zoloft
(its lustral over here), and my docs have
assured me that going back on a med after
a stint off it will be fine. I sure hope
so!
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jazzman
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 14
Posted: 04-27-05 19:06pm
Well the zoloft is working again. I am
on olanzapine as well though.
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 04-27-05 20:03pm
I am glad to hear that your zoloft is
working for you. The hospitals here have
support groups with meetings, you might
check it out with a couple of your
hospitals there. You also might check
out mental health there, they might have
something that will help you also.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
'sandy
