Posted by Dopamine123 on April 13, 2008, at 22:00:19
In reply to anyone ever had greater success on a generic?, posted by g_g_g_unit on April 13, 2008, at 0:26:16
>mild sporadic headaches, total sexual numbing, restless leg syndrome and memory loss
Sounds like your experiencing dopamine depletion due to the SSRI. I had similar symptoms to you when I was taking an SSRI.
Sexual dysfunction, restless legs and some of the memory problems may be due to reduced dopamine (an oversimplification obviously but that is the general idea). You might want to augment the SSRI with a drug that increases dopamine, like wellbutrin, ritalin, adderall etc. Otherwise those symptoms probably won't resolve on their own.
>which segues into my second question: where i live, the only version of citalopram available is a generic - which also happens to be the last mainstream ssri i haven't tried. i was told as a generic it will be less potent, but also may have less sfx, so was thinking of making the transfer. has anyone ever found their ideal ad counterpart in a generic?
All the SSRI's have essentially the same mechanism of action (serotonin uptake) so you would probably find the side effect profile to be similar for each. The generics would probably not be much different in their efficacy or side effects either. Most of the difference in the drugs are due to the different dosing levels employed and their half lives.
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