Re: Update/Prozac/Zoloft
From: Joyce (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 9 Dec 2001 06:09:30 -0600 (CST)
Prozac is good at helping with very emotive feelings. I'm not sure you
would want to stay on it for all that long because it sometimes
suppresses the libedo. But this does not mean you can't try another
anti- depressant. I have had good luck with Zoloft and then Welbutrin.
I'm almost off all of them now (yeah!) but it was something I needed to
do for a while.
--
JOyce
>
>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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