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Originally Posted by Iamwho
Stared on Prozac 20mg a day. It made me hostile, aggressive, mean and angry  . Kept with it for 2 months and mellowed out some. I could not stop eating though.
So, changed to Zoloft 50mg a day. Now my insomnia is back plus dizziness, faintness, forgetfulness  and still can't stop eating  .
Family had suggested the Zoloft, maybe it was too high a dose? Anyway I
switched myself back to the Prozac and will see how it goes.
My PA had suggested Citalopram, which my husband has taken for a long time, from the VA, and has never shown any improvement  .
A friend thinks I should try Paxil, because I also have anxiety.
I am going to wait awhile before any more changes. Besides I can't afford to go see the PA for awhile. I skipped last month, but am in contact through their internet correspondence.
I am not sure what to try next. The depression got better on Prozac and now I seem to like everything. Isn't that strange? My hubbs thinks I am manic now and I have been buying a lot (things I/We need). Sometimes I forget I even ordered something until it comes. If I read my email more often maybe I could keep up. I am also talking a lot and have reached out to maybe too many friends at once.
Not liking this and want to go back in my hole. |
That's interesting, prozac did nothing for me, tried Zoloft and absolutely hated it at first! My doc started me on 50 too. I could not make it past 3 days had to stop, kept feeling tired and shaky. Then I looked up average starting dose for Zoloft and most common is 25mg. So I began splitting the half in half making it approx 25mg. Big difference, was much easier to deal with. I stayed on 25 until all the side effects were gone, took me 2 weeks, then started taking a half = 50mg. No difference, no side effects either. But I stayed on 50 for 7 days, tonite I took the whole pill 100mg, will see how it goes. After I started getting use to the zoloft I actually starting liking it. The first thing I noticed was it removed 90% of my mild constant anxiety that was always there, I use to call it background noise. And it started to help a little on the moderate anxiety a little but did nothing for severe anxiety. Does help a little on the depression. I still get mood swings, not as bad. It was better with Wellbutrin but for the 5 months I took wellbutrin I always had trouble falling asleep. It became even worse when I started the Zoloft, that's too bad because together I felt the best. I Stopped the Wellbutrin the other day to see if I could fall asleep better and I did. So I don't know what to do now. But yea, you need to start off smaller doses of Zoloft and give it a chance! It does take up to 2 weeks to start feeling the benefits. Good Luck!
Like some one said, nothing is going to be perfection. I still get mild depression, paranoia, elevated, anxiety, delusional, BUT not as bad and fewer! Worth it for me.