Posted by Abacus on October 18, 2002, at 22:07:01
In reply to dosing » Grace, posted by pharmrep on October 18, 2002, at 18:24:51
Mornings may work better for most, but for me, evenings are the time to take the lex since it makes me so sleepy and dull. I wake refreshed.
> > I am diagnosed with panic/anxiety disorder and mild
> > depression (mostly because of the effect the panic/
> > anxiety has had on my life).
> >
> > I have tried MANY different meds and am currently taking:
> > 30 mg celexa (at night)
> > .5 mg 2x day klonopin
> > 10 mg claritin (for sexual side effects)
> >
> > my doctor recently added the claritin to my meds
> > because of the sexual side effect problem, which
> > nothing else fixed (buspar, ginko, wellbutrin, etc.).
> > She had a study that another doctor had done with his
> > own practice of 9 patients on SSRI's and sexual side
> > effects. Of those 9, 7 reported their sexual s/e went
> > away with the claritin and 2 had some improvement.
> > I figured it was worth a try and amazingly it has
> > had some effect.
> >
> > I now have some desire for sex (which was non-existent before)
> > and am able to orgasm without it taking 2 hours and more work
> > than it was worth. I figure I'm a tough case, so maybe you
> > can bring this up with your docs.
> >
> > Also, I've just been switched today to Lexapro because of
> > being very sleepy for the whole time I've been on Celexa.
> > I'm starting out with 10mg (anytime) and moving up to
> > 15....we'll see.
>
> *** why go to 15mg? 10mg of lexapro is very potent and demonstrating efficacy compared to 40mg of celexa...dont titrate just to "see" (ps...try taking lex in morning...since you probably wont have that tired feeling you got from celexa...i hear mornings work better for most)
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