Posted by lil' jimi on June 30, 2003, at 23:07:40
In reply to lil jimi, re: 20 mg/day to START?, posted by McPac on June 30, 2003, at 22:36:03
> hi McPac,
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> >>>>>>>Hi Jim!
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> ... SOP is to start 10mg
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> >>>>>>>JUST took 10 mg Lex only minutes ago...I'm starting at 10 mg NOT 20!
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> as you have probably read, starting off slow is believed (around here anyway) to lessen the impact of those potential lex start-up SEs
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> >>>>>>>>>>Makes sense to me.
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> ... and, yes siree, be prepared for the POSSIBILITY (probablity?) of lex-induced initial anxiety SE
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> >>>>>>>>>> I hear ya!
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> and i read all of the old posts debating the celexa-to-lex equivalency .... i seem to remember the pharm rep post that 10 to 40 exchange rate ..
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> >>>>>>>>>>I still need to find that kind of info out.
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> so what happened with your zoloft?
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> >>>>>>>Zoloft (at higher doses, which I needed) caused bad anger/temper problems for me (at lower doses it was much better but I needed a higher dose...thus, the switch to a different med)
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> i have read some of your posts, but i can't recall your dx / sx / history / story / other meds?
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> >>>>>>>>>>>OCD and Depression for SURE (possibly a tad of bipolar?)
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> TAKE CARE !!! ! ! !!!!!
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> >>>>>>>>>You take care too!!
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thanks, man!when my start up lex SEs hit me, i went ocd, in my own way ... ... ... i read every post in this thread from june 2002 ... took me a week of my "spare" time ... (we have a 4 yr old boy) .... i learned a lot ... and now i feel like i've been on lex 20 years! .. ... ha! ... .... it has really only been 3 1/2 months ....
to research specific details though, you can:
1) click on the thread link
" Anyone switched to Lexapro? « ggrrl Dr. Bob 6/11/02" at http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020609/msgs/109458.html
so that you get the entire thread in one window;
2) click your edit menu in your browser and
select "Find in This Page" ... this will open a little dialog box
3) then enter a search term like "celexa"
and each time you click "Find" you should get another post with 'celexa' in its subject line.hope this helps
good luck!!
~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
thread:109458
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030624/msgs/238331.html