Posted by elise on April 21, 2000, at 12:21:18
In reply to Re: its me again, posted by elise on April 20, 2000, at 21:09:14
> > Prozac has a humongously long half life in the body, and any dose reduction may take up to 2 weeks to show an effect, especially just from 30 to 20.
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> > Elise, I've been on prozac for years. I had to start out on 5mg because I felt so jumpy. I take valium with it and have for years. That helps. Now I'm bouncing from 40 to 60mg of Prozac a day. Sometimes I don't get as hyper if I take it in the late morning/early afternoon. Mornings are stressful for me. When I want to go down on my dose, I take my regular dose every other day till I feel normal, then I can go down to the next level. It does have a long half life. I've found that some people do real well on SSRI's and can't tolerate trycyclics and vice versa. It's so hard to find the right balance. BTW, I tried buspar for ADD and GAD and I thought I was having a heart attack. My heart was racing and I thought I could jump out of my skin. My friend had a similar experience with Wellbutrin (zyban) for smoking. She said she felt like she was chewing glass... and yes everyone at work noticed too.:) Hope this helps. Be well.
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> My doc (old doc) said she never heard of anyone reacting to buspar like that before --except me of course--I don't know. this prozac has me sleeping all day again. Do I go back to provigil 1oo mg.?????????So, now I take 100 mg. provigil today because the last two days I couldn't keep my eyes open. I do feel more wide awake and motivated. Is it ok to take this med every day?????? I feel a little bit wired but at least I am not sleeping!!!! To you guys that take provigil, does this kind of hyper ness decrease with time???Why can't I find somoething in the middle??????????elise
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