"Potency"

Of all the SSRIs, which are the strongest. Or can that be answered ?

I don't know if there are any that are stronger. I thought that the doctor usually prescibes the medicines (SSRI or whatever) that are known to work best for specific conditions. Then if one doesn't seem to be working after a good trial period around 4 weeks then something else may be prescribed or the dosage adjusted. It's more of a trial and error sort of thing rather than one is stronger than the other. Of course, some side effects can be so bad that a person can't stay with it 4 weeks. I had hallucinations from Luvox right away and hallucinating is not one of my problems. I think I should have gone off it right away in that case but stuck with it for a couple of months suffering until I came to my senses and thought "why am I staying on this?" I hope I answered your question.

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hi shell,

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.pslgroup.com/jclub2.HTM>here's something</A> that looks like results from research. i'd have to look some more to see if there are similar reports out there.

i think as a group, SSRIs work similarly. i have taken several different kinds myself and am currently on <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/mcabinet/EffexorXR.html>effexor xr</A> which, in addition to inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin (the SRI part), it also inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine.

re·up·take (re-p'tak')
n.
The reabsorption of a neurotransmitter, such as serotonin or norepinephrine, by a neuron following impulse transmission across a synapse. (definition from <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=reuptake>Dictionary.com</A>)

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