Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac, Wellbutrin, which one to use?

Layla · 07-22-2006, 09:46 PM

Hi, maybe someone can give me some advice.
I've been on Paxil for four years now for depression, and it helped at first, but lately I've been really down and I started developping social anxiety, so I think I've developped some sort of resilience to it because i dont think its working for me anymore. I increased it to 40mg, but I've had bad side effects like trouble sleeping, so im thinking of getting off it and trying something else. Prozac was a no-no for me, but do you guys have any suggestions of what worked for u? Or maybe what to avoid?

thanx!

thequietone · 07-22-2006, 10:35 PM

Well, Layla, it really depends on the person. Things that work for one person will have no effect on the other and it really sucks, but you may end up experimenting for a while before you find the right drug.

Zoloft worked wonders for me all through high school. Right now I have changed to Prozac and once it starts building in your sysem, you really feel a positive effect. It takes a while to get the right dosage, a few weeks in fact for your body to get used to something new, so try to be patient and give it a chance. Good luck!

Chilling__Echo · 07-22-2006, 11:04 PM

i've been on paxil for three years and hate it. i tried to switch to welbutrin b/c of the side effects.

my psychologist told me to switch over cold turkey over the course of a week. i ended up back in the psych's office begging to be seen b/c i was so depressed. at school we don't have near enough counselors so i had to wait two hours to talk to someone for 10 min.

it was a nightmare, so make sure the doc tells you to take the switch slow and not to do it all at once. usually it takes me about a month to get off paxil without discomfort. just some advice.

young · 07-31-2006, 12:25 AM

I've been on Paxil and Zoloft... Paxil made me 100 x worse than I actually was. Zoloft didn't really help me.

renegadee · 08-03-2006, 09:27 PM

Layla, from what my pschychiatrist said, meds work diffrently for people. So there is no other choise than to TRY.

In SSRI class, it is said that if you try 2 meds from it, and you don't respond, than it's no use 2 try the others.

Of course SSRI is no 1 in curing SP, but there is also IMAO and benzodiazephines.

IMAO have a lot of sides effects, but if it works, would you give it up ?
Benzodiazephines works on the same receptors in the brain like alcohol does, so you need more and more and more...

So in conclusions you should try. U can't know from the start witch one works for you. I'm in my 9 month of treatment and haven't found the drug to work for me, if there is one.

Good luck and PATIENCE. :wink: