I was initially prescribed prozac and after a few months of taking it, I felt better and started improving. I had improved by 40-50%. But I became fat and when I told this to my doc, he told me to switch To zoloft starting from 25 mg, till 200 mg. But it only made my depression come back and ruin my digestive system. He wanted to try combination, So he added Effexor and increased till 225 mg. But all I got was heart palpitations and headaches. Since my IBS was getting worse, he reduced zoloft gradually but continued at 50 mg. Later, I confessed to my doctor that Prozac worked better than these two pills. So he added prozac too along with it upto 80 mg. I took these three meds together for a few months and had serious headaches, high BP, palpitations.(betacap was prescribed twice a day for heart issues). Since betacap could only help partially, he added Paroxetine CR 12.5 mg to 25 mg. Now I feel I'm taking too many antidepressants. Should I change the doctor? Am I going in the right path?
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Dear lybrate-user, Some antidepressant work better with some persons. We don't have much blood test or other tests to find out which one will work better for you. (we have one genomic test in big city labs but they are costly tests). So you doctor is treating you by trail and error. You need to help him with the details of improvement and side effects. Soon your doctor will find good dose and proper antidepressant for you. Gradually he will withdraw one by one. If you change the doctor, all over again she/he should start from the beginning. I don't think it is a right path.
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More is not merrier ,it can be messier too, all medications you mentioned are SSRIs and effexor is a SNRI which acts on the serotenergic system like other drugs, if prozac is working better that may be sufficient alone, ignoring tolerable side effects like weight gain for which medications and non pharmcological alternatives are available, Please discuss with your doctor (Psychiatrist)
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