re help with antidepressants requested in article snx penguin equinox gen nz blubird penguin equinox gen nz gordon taylor wrote the prozac gave very bad anxiety jitters and insomina it was impossible to sit still for more than a minute or so i tried prozac a few months ago and had some insomnia from it but no anxiety or jitters i probably could have lived with the insomnia if the prozac had done any good but it only provided a tiny benefit maybe because the person who prescribed it didn t know much and gave up after a mg dose didn t work now i m seeing a psychiatrist who has put me on zoloft another serotonin reuptake inhibitor like prozac one pill day mg seemed to help some now i m trying mg day zoloft has fewer and milder side effects than prozac i think my doctor said that only of the people taking zoloft have to discontinue it because of side effects the only problem i m having is some minor gi distress but nothing too annoying hopefully the zoloft will work maybe your friend should try this one next my psychiatrist s strategy seems to be to first try one of the serotonin drugs usually prozac if that works great if it works but has too many side effects try zoloft or maybe paxil if the serotonin drugs don t work at all try one of the tricyclics like desipramine suggestions as to the next step having a doctor who knows something about antidepressants can make a big difference my psychiatrist claims that most gps and fps don t have much experience in this area and from what i ve seen i m inclined to believe him i think i know more about antidepressants than the people at my family practitioner s office disclaimer i m not a doctor what i know about this comes from talking to my psychiatrist and reading sci med john werner werner soe berkeley edu uc berkeley school of education
