Posted by katekite on June 27, 2002, at 20:01:45
In reply to Taking Prozac with Zoloft?, posted by DsevenO on June 25, 2002, at 17:53:00
Yes you could do that. You risk serotonin syndrome if you have too much of too many serotonin enhancing drugs around so you would have to be careful but its usually only seen with high doses.
Some people have increased anxiety for a couple weeks while starting ssris and then have that go away completely to be replaced by a pleasant activating feeling.
Perhaps you could use zoloft as a bridge to help you get onto a low dose of prozac (which would be more activating), then after a few weeks if the anxiousness goes away you could reduce the zoloft and increase the prozac.
Celexa is said to be inbetween zoloft and prozac in activation. So that would be another option.
Other activating non-ssri drugs (which can all cause anxiety in themselves) are wellbutrin and desipramine and the true stimulants like ritalin. I feel like I've forgotten something....
hope that helps.
kate
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