Posted by ChrisK on September 7, 2001, at 3:00:52
In reply to Prozac CRASH again -- Please help me., posted by Cindylou on September 6, 2001, at 14:41:14
OK, here's my humble suggestion. Since the Prozac worked at one time augment it with either Zyprexa or possiblly Naltrexone. You can continue the Prozac while trying the other two. There is a lot of anecdotal evedence on the site that supports both of these as good augmentors.
Best of luck,
Chris
> Hi,
> I've tried Prozac on three different occasions, and every time I "hit a wall" after about two months. It just happened again.
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> Out of desperation, I started Prozac again in June (nothing else was working -- all had horrible side effects. Tried Effexor, Paxil, Zoloft; combined with Wellbutrin to help the fatigue. I also tried adding Provigil for a day and felt like I had the worst hangover ever.) I thought maybe this time would be different.
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> I started out the Prozac really low -- 2.5 mg. -- since I am very med sensitive. This seemed to work well -- eventually I increased up to 10 mg.
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> I felt pretty good for a couple months, had energy, didn't need to nap, etc. I was even a bit agitated. But about a week ago -- WHAM. I hit that old familiar wall. I feel sick, exhausted, heavy-headed, can't focus, etc. It feels like there's a lead balloon in my head. This is the all-too-familiar feeling I get from SSRIs. I tried increasing the Prozac to see if that would work, but it only made it worse.
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> I am taking Wellbutrin, and tried increasing that a bit, but it didn't help. Tried some Adderall. Didn't help. NOTHING WILL CUT THROUGH THIS FOG.
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> I am so discouraged. Does anyone have suggestions for me???? Any good ideas for treatment of depression for people who feel this way on SSRIs???
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> Any MAOIs that don't cause horrible fatigue?? I've tried the tri-cyclics, and all had horrible side effects I couldn't tolerate.
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> I feel like I've tried everything but the MAOIs. Am a bit afraid of those.
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> Please, please help. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Feel like giving up.
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> cindy.
>
> P.S. My diagnosis is depression and anxiety; not bipolar.
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