Posted by yeltom on October 3, 2002, at 16:16:57
In reply to Paxil to Lexapro--Let's see, salvation or sex??, posted by mills on October 3, 2002, at 15:49:53
Giving it only a week at 10 mg doesn't seem like a fair trial. And then to bump up all the way to 20 mg, without trying 15 mg first, seems unwise. 20 mg is a very large dose for Lexapro, and I would suspect your problem is side effects from too large a dose too fast, as opposed to the drug being ineffective. I would have done 2 weeks at 10 mg followed by 2 weeks at 15 mg. before I even CONSIDERED going to 20 mg
> So far (one month) on Lexapro, and I am disappointed, but it wasn't until literally after the sixth full week on Paxil that I started feeling less depressed/disoriented (demenitia-like symptoms [anyone else ever experience that? god, i hope so for my sake, hope not for yours)] ocd/panicky/generally angst ridden/socially anxious (let's see, did I cover them all? yep); Paxil saved my life; it was hell getting on, and hell getting off, but while on it, it literally gave me hope to live, especially with the thick-headed/demenitia/inability to focus-concentrate symptoms; the sexual side effects, however, were so bad that I had to try to get off and find something else; I got on Luvox for awhile, until Lexapro came on the market; I was on 10 mg for a week, and was chronically depressed, so, went up to 20, and have been at 20 for 3 more weeks; so far, i've got a chronic medium grade depression, with the other things still hanging on, including the weird thick-headed sense, or like a distortion in my perception (see, that's one of my problems, not being able to identify/articulate what's wrong); oh well, this is my story, and I'm sticking to it; anyone relate? should I hang with Lexapro or go back to Paxil?
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