PCOS Messages for December, 2001: Re: Update/Prozac/Zoloft

Re: Update/Prozac/Zoloft

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 06 Dec 2001 15:53:50 +0000

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Kristin:

Glad you're feeling better. If Prozac is working that well for you, it's correcting a chemical imbalance in your brain. Your doctor may want to ATTEMPT to withdraw you from it in a couple of months but you may be one of those people (like me) who need a daily antidepressant to correct problems with their brain chemistry.

I take 50 mg. of Zoloft a day and have for almost 6 years now, since 6 months after the birth of my second son. I, like you, am a 'normal' person when I'm taking it. I have tried to go off it a few times and every time, I feel so horrid and depressed I (and my hubby!) can't stand it. I've finally realized that some of us have brain chemistry problems that we are lucky enough to have found a cure for. I suffer from depression that can be severe, but I forget I do when I'm on Zoloft because it works so well.

If you are doing really well on Prozac you may want to just ask your doc if you can stay on it. If he insists on seeing if you do better wihtout it, get him to agree that he will write the scrp for you again if you need it . .if YOU think you need it. If he refused, find another doctor. AFter all, you're the one who has to live in that body, not him.

Hope this helps.

DOnna in Utah > Hi gals...It's been 4 months since I have posted. I did not drop off of
> the planet, I just had a lot of things to take care of. I was going
> through a very bad time with my health and stuff for a while there and
> just needed to sit back and collect myself. You guys were there and
> very supportive of me and I greatly appreciate that. I feel like i know
> some of y'all so well. Anyhow, things have been on an upswing lately. I
> am fully recovered from my foot surgery and am feeling great in that
> department. I am no longer on Glucophage. I just could not tolerate
> the side effects. For the last three months, I have been on Yasmin,
> which i was very apprehensive about because of my past problems with
> BCP's, but it seems to be working. I have also been on Prozac for 3 1/2
> months now and WOW! It's like night and day. I am so much calmer and
> clear-headed. My PCOS problems are still there, but i can handle it
> now. I think inside, I am much more at peace with myself. I know that
> pills are not the magic cure for everything, but I finally feel like
> Kristin is back in the land of the living again! I am working again,
> back at the same hospital where I have been on and off for 2 years, and
> am able to do my job much better. I have even lost a little weight
> without really trying, and I no longer feel like I need to have a crying
> fit about every little thing. My doctor says that the prozac is
> supposed to be a short term thing tho, and I don't know how much longer
> he will keep writing the script for me. I really don't want to go off
> of it because, i feel so much closer to normal now. I know that its not
> a PCOS cure, but since it keeps most of the emotional factors under
> control, I am better able to handle the physical problems. Anyone have
> any thoughts on long-term Prozac usage???
> kristin
>

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