Posted by pablo1 on July 14, 2004, at 20:54:28
In reply to Re: Lexapro/Paxil/Zoloft, posted by cpallen79 on July 14, 2004, at 19:45:12
Thanks for the thoughts. I should have tried some of my left over wellbutrin with the effexor before I quit to be surer. My thinking is I just didn't like the wellbutrin & effexor has some of that. I liked the sedation of effexor and hope to get that from a 'clean' SSRI with a clean DA (dopamine) and skip the icky wellbutrin NA (noradrenaline) all together then I realized adderall and all those stimulants act on NA also. Amineptine is a French stimulant with no NA in it, just dopamine. It's supposed to be fairly mild because none of that edgy NA adrenaline stuff I'd guess. But who knows maybe it was the DA in wellbutrin that I didn't like. Strattera is pure NA which I've not tried. Cylert (pemoline) is another which I think is available here. Hmm, now I read pemoline is really bad for your liver and considered sort of a last resort thing.
> Pablo, I think it's great that you are doing your homework. Lexapro, theorhetically, is a "clean" med that really hits serotonin only (in theory)... Others such as Prozac and Zoloft may not be as selective (hence you hear that they may be more activating. Paxil tends to be sedating, as does Luvox. I tihnk a stimulant combo might be a good idea, initially you may feel really icky as you will experience sudden drops in dopamine during the peaks and valleys, but that should smooth out eventually. Perhaps something like adderall and Lexapro would work? Another idea would be to add a very low dose of wellbutrin in to an ssri. Alone, wellbutrin can definetely increase anxiety, but with an SSRI, it might be "just right"
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