Posted by JohnL on April 6, 2001, at 18:19:56
In reply to Zoloft vs. Prozac, posted by Majandra on April 6, 2001, at 11:08:07
> I have been taking zoloft for 5 weeks and have noticed no lift in my mood. It is just making me exhausted. I'll spare you the whole story, but I had my first appointment w/ a new doctor and she immediately suggested switching me to prozac. I was a little worried about her doing that so swiftly, since she had only spoken to me for a few minutes and I felt that she didn't have a very good sense of my situation. Plus, another doctor I had seen in passing said something to the effect of "Boy, I'm glad you're not on Prozac." However, I do want to feel better. Right now I'm holding off on the decision for another week and am staying on zoloft at my current 75mg a day. Does anyone have any advice about possibly making the switch, any good/bad experiences w/ Prozac? Thanks.
> --MajandraJust my personal opinion, but I like the idea of switching from Zoloft to Prozac. Not only my doctor, but perhaps yours too, has had best results with Prozac. Maybe? I've been on both and prefer Prozac. Prozac is smoother and yet more uplifting, to me anyway. If you switch it should be no problem. Though many doctors would say you need a week or two to wash out completely, one day is enough. If doses were kept very small at first you could even overlap the two while transitioning from one to the other. As far as I know it is no big deal to go from Zoloft to Prozac. They are quite different too, so since Zoloft hasn't helped then the odds are good that Prozac will.
John
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