Posted by jc12578 on August 31, 2003, at 22:03:44
In reply to Re: Lexapro dosage questions? Why was I taking so much » jc12578, posted by galkeepinon on August 31, 2003, at 13:19:59
Well I live in a samll NM community...he is the only psych here. for the 1st two years of treatment I was seeing my family doctor...and he turned me over to a clinic about 120 miles away...I went there for almost a year and it was just getting hard to commute and while I was there I saw a different doctor every time I went so I decided to switch to the ONE that we have here cause, 1 it's more convinient and 2 I figured that at least I would see the same person every time ( I got tired of giving my history EVERY time I went for an appointment)....plus thats when I got put on every pill in the world at the same time(it was up to like 30 a day at it's peak)...and I should know better my father was a doctor...some of them are not good at communicating with one another...I have only been seeing this one for like 4 months...
My main reason for switching is that I think I am manic/bi-polar and thats why i am being affected the way I am...BElieve it or not I have never had any sort of tests other than blood work so no one actually knows why I am the way I am..I am also bullemic ( have been since I was about 10) but that is on and off...well I am taking 3 weeks off the drugs after I threw a temper tantrum last week (and took about 15 trazadone) to let my system clear out and going back to Celexa...starting at 20mg daily for a month then up to 40 for 2 months then if needed maybe 60...which what I was on before....surprisingly with celexa I wasn't experiencing really bad side effects....it was working really good at 60...I went into his office last week and I YELLED (actually I told him off) untill I got my way...as he wrote the scrip for the celexa all he could say was "you are certainly willful" and I could see that nurses look was "boy what a B****"...so we will see what happens over the next few weeks drugless....will have to keep posts on it...all I can say right now is the headaches are nearing unbarable and I have the shakes and constant chills...JC12578
> Whoooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-you started out at 30mg!!! That is a very high dose! What was your doc thinking?-I know that's what YOU'RE probably thinking!
> Wow. Without going into anymore-I truly believe for your sake, try finding another doc~or communicate to him how you are feeling first and tell him that you feel like he/she isn't listening to you~you deserve it, and his remarks are not helping you. Remember, this is your life, and your body, and you pay him (well insurance maybe)but still...........
> Also, what about going down to 5mg Lexapro again?
> Take care!!!
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> > OK so I have been catching up after my week of torture(mostly self inflicted)...I am having horrible withdrawls from the lex...I have constant chills and my head is killing me...switching back to celexa...because I yelled at my psych till he said ok...not going to be on that poison..
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> > ANYWAYS...as I am reading through these posts I am looking at the dosages that you all are on...and I am wondering if there is a reason why I got started out at 30 mgs of lex a day when I see that most of you are on from 5-20...I know I am fat I weigh like 250...does that have something to do with it or is there some other reasons that I get such high doses...maybe I am being paranoid but is my condition more serious then they tell me or something...I mean I went up to 120 on the prozac...and i can NEVER get a straight answer from my psych...He thinks he is too smart for the world even tho my IQ is over 190 (GEEZ!!! I really despise that man...every session he says stuff like it's so nice to see that people have IQ's close to his..he's given me an IQ test twice...I really don't care that I can take tests well I just want to be normal again and not wake up every morning thinking I should be dead...OK gotta stop getting angry)..thank god he is leaving soon...anyone have any advice answers...would really appreciate it
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