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Posted by elanor roosevelt on December 19, 2006, at 11:01:02
I have been back on Lexapro for a few months and loving it. However I am lookng over my shoulder for when the meltdown happens. I am a character in Awakenings or Brain Candy -- waiting for the end of enjoying myself.
Trying to come up with a new pdoc.
Have a stash of tianeptine for when I can not stretch the lexapro any further. But I would like to stay with the Lexapro as long as possible.
People have been helpful here with suggestions that I might try naltrexine to reverse SSRI meltdown or Nortriptyline in combination with the Lexapro. I am trying to strategize while I am in good shape. I will be grateful for any other possible suggestions. The Lexapro works so well for me.
Any forward-thinking pdocs in NYC?Thanks
2 more short days and then it turns around.
Posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2006, at 11:27:29
In reply to continuing Lexapro, posted by elanor roosevelt on December 19, 2006, at 11:01:02
You mean in two days it will quit working? Or you don't have a scrip for it? I'm dense I guess. Love Phillipa
Posted by dreamboat_annie on December 19, 2006, at 17:38:10
In reply to Re: continuing Lexapro » elanor roosevelt, posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2006, at 11:27:29
I think she means two more short days (days when sun up late and down early), after which they days start getting longer again and we start having more daylight (no more SAD - yahoo!). Sorry, eleanor, for speaking for you.
> You mean in two days it will quit working? Or you don't have a scrip for it? I'm dense I guess. Love Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2006, at 20:10:25
In reply to Re: continuing Lexapro » Phillipa, posted by dreamboat_annie on December 19, 2006, at 17:38:10
Thank-you see I'm dense!!!!!Love Phillipa
Posted by dreamboat_annie on December 19, 2006, at 20:59:40
In reply to Re: continuing Lexapro » dreamboat_annie, posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2006, at 20:10:25
You are NOT dense!!! Please don't put yourself down, ok?
> Thank-you see I'm dense!!!!!Love Phillipa
Posted by dreamboat_annie on December 19, 2006, at 21:03:48
In reply to continuing Lexapro, posted by elanor roosevelt on December 19, 2006, at 11:01:02
I'm glad that you have found relief with the Lexapro. And, it sounds like you have thought of some good strategies, just in case you need to augment. I have heard that Nortriptyline can be a good addition to an SSRI. I tried it briefly with Celexa, but stopped because it made my heart race.
I hope the Lexapro keeps working for you! Take care. Like you, I am counting the days until we get an extra 2-minutes of daylight with each passing day. Won't be long!
> I have been back on Lexapro for a few months and loving it. However I am lookng over my shoulder for when the meltdown happens. I am a character in Awakenings or Brain Candy -- waiting for the end of enjoying myself.
> Trying to come up with a new pdoc.
> Have a stash of tianeptine for when I can not stretch the lexapro any further. But I would like to stay with the Lexapro as long as possible.
> People have been helpful here with suggestions that I might try naltrexine to reverse SSRI meltdown or Nortriptyline in combination with the Lexapro. I am trying to strategize while I am in good shape. I will be grateful for any other possible suggestions. The Lexapro works so well for me.
> Any forward-thinking pdocs in NYC?
>
> Thanks
> 2 more short days and then it turns around.
>
Posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2006, at 22:09:50
In reply to Re: continuing Lexapro » Phillipa, posted by dreamboat_annie on December 19, 2006, at 20:59:40
I didn't realize I was thanks for pointing that out if only I could find a good therapist that would talk with me and not just say drive to the store and that is progrees. Love Phillipa ps three here in the past year.
Posted by elanor roosevelt on December 20, 2006, at 20:20:03
In reply to Re: continuing Lexapro » dreamboat_annie, posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2006, at 20:10:25
no phillipa
i tend to kind of blur one thought into the next
Posted by elanor roosevelt on December 22, 2006, at 9:49:56
In reply to Re: continuing Lexapro » elanor roosevelt, posted by dreamboat_annie on December 19, 2006, at 21:03:48
The meltdown has begun -- beyond a craving -- an absolute necessity for sweets. the cuticle, nail, what's between my teeth obsession starts earlier in the day
and today i woke up distressed
i am going to increase the lexapro for a few weeks to avaoid turning the holidays into a science experiment and then find a doctor that will let me try to comlement the lexapro with one of the following.naltrexine
Nortriptyline
Adderalli have a stash of taineptine to try once i have to give up on the lexapro. i am hoping to find a doctor smart enough to work with me on this or stupid enough to allow me to make believe i remain on lexapro so that i can continue to get scripts on the other meds i take
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