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A short time back I shared that I was going to switch from my generic Proxac (fluoxetine) to the generic version of Celexa (citalopram). I had been on fluoxetine for about the last six years, and its effectiveness seemed to be waning. After consulting with my doctor, he agreed that a switch might be in order, so we decided to stay in the same family of anti-depressants and give citalopram a shot.
Well, after about two months, I can say that citalopram isn't the right answer for me.
Nothing dramatic or dangerous, mind you. I just seemed to still be in that "struggling" pattern that fluoxetine had seemed to eradicate. Granted, there's been a lot going on at work and such, and so it might well be that things would have been disastrous without the citalopram. Still, I kept thinking things could be better.
I'm now in the tapering down period for the next 10 days, and then I'll start ramping up on the generic version of Effexor, also known as venlafaxine. My guess is that this is going to take effect (or *have* an effect) much faster, and is a different class of med. Hopefully this will get me back to the effective and motivated Duffbert I was used to...
A short time back I shared that I was going to switch from my generic Proxac (fluoxetine) to the generic version of Celexa (citalopram). I had been on fluoxetine for about the last six years, and its effectiveness seemed to be waning. After consulting with my doctor, he agreed that a switch might be in order, so we decided to stay in the same family of anti-depressants and give citalopram a shot.
Well, after about two months, I can say that citalopram isn't the right answer for me.
Nothing dramatic or dangerous, mind you. I just seemed to still be in that "struggling" pattern that fluoxetine had seemed to eradicate. Granted, there's been a lot going on at work and such, and so it might well be that things would have been disastrous without the citalopram. Still, I kept thinking things could be better.
I'm now in the tapering down period for the next 10 days, and then I'll start ramping up on the generic version of Effexor, also known as venlafaxine. My guess is that this is going to take effect (or *have* an effect) much faster, and is a different class of med. Hopefully this will get me back to the effective and motivated Duffbert I was used to...
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