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Originally Posted by metamorphosis12
Lamictal is great IMHO ,as long as you are not allergic and don't develop the S.J. rash. I have used it as a mood stabilizer for years. I don't know anything about Fetzima. I looked it up real quick and it sounds like it is an SNRI, approved 7/13 in the U.S. So it sounds like a relatively new SNRI. If you , zinco, can give me any more info on it? That would be cool. I might start digging out of my own curiosity.
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I am not super informed on Fetzima other than it is a new SSNRI. It has worked much much better than Effexor and Pristiq for me. Only side effects are a little nausea which I never get but not bad. The nausea could be from the mild anxiety I get once in awhile. The only other noticeable one is a little trouble urinating. Just a little trouble getting things flowing but then no problem. It is not really bothersome. I am lucky with side effects always though. I have a high tolerance for drugs and meds which is a double edge sword because they tend to lose effectiveness over time. Withdrawal I am lucky with too.
For example I quit abilify cold turkey without replacing it with another AAP without any trouble yet the above poster is having trouble. Same with Effexor, no trouble, but I always replaced it with another AD.
Oh and I forgot to mention it made me hypomanic for two months but this I welcomed because it straight lifted me out of a severe depression. Then things balanced out. Also a very short period of body temp regulation. I got hot easy but that went away quickly. I have found it a clean and effective med. The lamictal I started two months before and it lifted my mood for sure but did not elleviate any other symptoms. The Fetzima did the trick.
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