Posted by Ritch on May 18, 2003, at 10:01:18
In reply to more med shuffling-adderall and strattera..., posted by Peter on May 16, 2003, at 19:09:24
.....> My current regime is as follows: 10mg strattera (started it a week ago); 10mg prozac; 50mg lamictal; 35mg adderall divided bid(15+20); 2mg klonopin; 15mg temazepam; 5mg ambien; 25mg trazadone. I think that's it-I might have missed something.
......> Can anyone verify if this seems like a good plan? Could there really be a negative prozac/strattera synergy like this? What about stratettera in general-anyone find that it is as good as adderall or other stims, in terms of focus, calm, and motivation? Anyone taking similar meds? Thanks-just want to vent and interact.
> PeterPeter, I think your pdoc's idea of backing off the Prozac some might be a good idea. You are already on the lowest dose of Straterra (10mg), and you're med sensitive. I found it impossible to tolerate the anxiety from Prozac at 10mg a day for very long. When I started Prozac the first time (20mg/day), I could tolerate that for about ten days and then I couldn't sleep at all and my pupils were dilated, etc.... So, I cut it in half and could handle that no more than about another week, then I cut it in half again (to 5mg) and I could manage that for a few more weeks, but finally settled on a range of 2.5mg-4mg/day. That stuff accumulates a lot and very slowly, it is like you are increasing the dose just by maintaining a dose-I think it takes about a month to stop accumulating given the same dosage.
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