Prozac vs Zoloft, ?s pla respond!!!

slm · November 28, 2005, 2:30pm

Have posted origainlly in anxiety forum but am posting in Bipolar and depression as well, need as much advice and thoughts and support as possible plz respond with ANY thoughts.

Danarx · November 29, 2005, 12:27am

Hey Sheryl,

slm · November 29, 2005, 10:31am

thanks Dana!!....

***Take Care.....Sheryl***

domaincat · December 3, 2005, 6:37pm

Prozac - it made me blurry (blurred vision) so was not on it long.

Klonopin - it worked great for anxiety and calm/sleep, until they said I had to go off of it which took me months of slowing it down as it is habit forming due to it being addictive. Lorazepam works better. Go with meds that are not addicting!

Paxil worked better sure, but had to go off that trouble talking/walking got worse.

You should be able to get some of those by samples from your psychiatrist just ask them for them.

slm · December 3, 2005, 7:29pm

Tryed the paxil made me sick as a dog, I know Prozac workd for me, just made me tired, but always took in the am, thinking if took around 3 or pm by the time bed came the tiredness would be good do I can sleep, the zoloft make me too anxious, so defiantley tale in the morning, but just never thought four years ago to not take the prozac in the morning??? So lorazapam you think it better, I wonder if he will presribe, how is it as far as staying in your system, klonipin to me is like taking a sugar pill, and he tripled my dose, and I dotn thinks it a tolerance thing havent been on long neough for that, and it hasnt worked since the get go. Thinking mught bite the bullet and ask for samples of the xanax extended release he said he would presribe that as it lasted longer in system, but would not prescribe the reg xanax, becasue not last long enough in system, my problem is I cant afford, but if I dropped teh zoloft at 30.00 to 8 for prozac, maybe I good swing the extra money for the 60.00 copay on the xanax extended release, I shall ask for samples, and see waht he says, have you heard of celexa, its now generic, I was on lexapro a short while a couple years back for a couple months, it was ok, biut agin made me too tired, but i didnt think to take later inthe day always the moring, I knowhte celexa is relted to the lexapro, I dont know just need releif from depressin and costant anxiety. thanks for you help, I shall see what doc says next thursday when I go, thanks agin, will let you know what he says..

***Take Care.....Sheryl***

domaincat · December 5, 2005, 5:41pm

Klonopin is hard to wean off of, and you'd have to be off of Klonopin I believe to go on another anti-anxiety such as Lorazepam. Don't take any more than you really do need, as the meds may make ya real sleepy, and some have side effects.

Have some of you thought of or do you take Vitamins such as Vitamin C and Vitamin B's, and Omega 3's (Fish Oils), as that is supposedly good for Bipolar as well as Schizophrenia - reading a good book now on Nutrition and Mental Health, and Caffeine is not good, and too many carbohydrates are not good either, Cheese is not good either at least that was for the Schizophrenia's I don't know if that means the rest of us or not. But anyways, always of course check with your doctors to see if the healthy ways go with your medications. We may be lacking Vitamins or need more vitamins than other people do. Vitamins should be good for anyone.