Posted by sdb on October 9, 2005, at 14:47:43
In reply to Re: lexapro and start up SEs Phillipa, posted by maddy4 on October 5, 2005, at 19:29:41
I think I had about four panic attacks in my life. My pdoc considered ssris as standard treatment for almost everything.
-one panic attack on lexapro during a presentation, heart racing like hell
-one spontanous panic attack also on lexapro
all this happend during the first days of intake
-one panic attack on mirtazapine (tetracyclic) after increasing dosage during presentation perhaps of more noradrenaline transmission.After all the ssris did not help me instead even <hurt> me because the matter what happened is saved in my brain. Without the ssris and without pdoc I perhaps would not have had these panic attacks.
IMO, I would start a ssris with a benzo.
I dont know about the positive longterm effects of ssris because after the panic attacks and even induced depression I stopped these drugs after some days (can they really help?)
kind regards
sdb
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