Posted by JohnL on August 21, 2001, at 4:40:35
In reply to Re: Great Combo for TRD. Prozac + Zyprexa + Adrafinil, posted by SallyR on August 20, 2001, at 9:09:47
Hi Sally,
I'm sorry Adrafinil didn't work out for you. For me it was just so-so until I combined it with Prozac. The two together work awesome, where either alone is nothing special. That's why I say that if someone has tried either Prozac or Adrafinil and weren't impressed, the combination should be tried. It is just so totally different than either alone.Though I think Remeron and Zyprexa share a few similarities, the biggest difference is that Zyprexa works on dopamine where Remeron does not. I was on Remeron for over a year and it didn't help me much. It's main benefit was that it knocked me out fast at bedtime, but unfortunately it also gave me a poor quality sleep even though I was konked out. Lots of nightmares, active dreams, and tossing and turning. A few people have done well with it though, but usually when it is combined with another antidepressant such as Effexor.
John> > John,
> What about remeron? How is it different than Zyprexa? I was taking Prozac, Welbrutrin and then added Adrafinil. the adrafinil didn't do much for me. Then my pdoc suggested that I add remeron (15 mg). It really helped for a couple of days. Then seemed to "peter out". I will raise the dosage to 30mg tonight. So my question is how is remeron different than Zyprexa.
> By the way, thanks for your input.
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