Posted by psychosage on April 18, 2004, at 23:41:20
In reply to Re: does it sound like my Zoloft is working?, posted by SDA on April 17, 2004, at 20:38:53
> I should note that I was on Zoloft for a few years at 200mg for OCD. This was when I was in my early teens. I was also taking Wellbutrin for "depression". I think this was more due to my parents making inaccurate observations of my behavior and my pill-happy doctor pushing pills down my throat. What I experienced back then was NOTHING compared to the depression I've been going through for the past several months.
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> I stopped taking all of my meds before starting college. It seemed to me that without them I was a new person, and I liked it.
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> As you can see, I'd be VERY hesitant to start loading up on medications again. I am curious about MAOIs though, since I hear that they don't interfere with your personality or intellect.
Did wellbutrin work for you? I was thinking low dose Zoloft with some wellbutrin. I was on both, and once I had them in a combo of Z 37.5 {yes!}/WB 300mg.All serotonergic drugs as far as i am concerned basically make you stoned, in relation to a high-functioning alert brain handling a lot of intellectual work.
You really have to balance out your needs between your intellect and your relationship to your emotions. They work well together if there is balance. If not, they both become pathologized, so your intellect sputters and your emotional side is inarticulate.
Provigil is a wonderful adjunct that I enjoy,
Zoloft definitely made me sleep an hour extra every day.
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