Posted by DsevenO on June 25, 2002, at 17:53:00
I am currently taking 100mg of Zoloft, with limited success. It helps with my physical pain and my depressive/anxiety symtoms. I am always very, very tired and I have hypersomnia (10-12 hours sleep/day). The depression is still a big problem, but taking anything more than 100 mg of Zoloft causes heart palpitations, and at less than 100 mg I have a worsening of my original symptoms.
I tried Prozac a little while ago, and at first I loved it; I was finally getting back the energy and enthusiasm I once had (I used to be borderline-hyperactive; now I barely move). The problem was, I couln't take more than 10mg of Prozac without becoming very anxious, even panicked. And 10mg wasn't enough because I suffer from so many somatic symptoms.
So here is my quandry: a tolerable dose of each on its own is not enough, so could I combine a low dose of each to get the energizing/mood enhancing qualities of Prozac (say 5-10mg) and the anxiolyitic/pain relieving qualites of Zoloft (say 50mg)?
Any thoughts, suggestions, warnings would be appreciated.
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