Posted by yeltom on October 22, 2002, at 12:01:16
In reply to Re: Went from Celaxa to Lexapro, notice irriatbility, posted by shakingoscar on October 22, 2002, at 2:23:25
So how come you didn't switch back to Celexa sooner? My problem is that I'm not sure how long is a fair trial. As I said, I've been taking lexapro for almost 4 weeks, and it still aint pleasant. I'd switch back right now, but before doing so, I want to be confident that things aren't likely to suddenly get better in the next few days. Don't want to have gone through all this shit for nothing. But I'm thinking that it's unlikely to improve much. I know that for some ssri's, you need to give it 6 to 8 weeks. But it would seem that it shouldn't take that long with Lexapro, especially considering that I'm switching from Celexa rather than from an unrelated drug or starting from scratch. And with Celexa, I felt good in less than 2 weeks. Clearly, you think you should have switched back to Celexa sooner, but why didn't you? How do you know when enough is enough? Are there any docs or pharm reps out there who might be able to give me some insight?
> Well, I am five days into being back on Celexa, and I feel already much better.
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> I worked out exactly how long I withstood the pain of lexapro. My first prescription was on the 29th July. I switched back last friday - so that is approximately 10 weeks of real pain.
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> Its cost me a week off work and numerous mini panic attacks at work, which I havent had in TWO YEARS!
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> I estimate that I was on 30mg for 4 weeks, 10mg for 1 week (depression came back quickly on that dose), 15mg for 2 weeks - again depression continued to stay, and 20mg the rest of the time - but 20mg gave me constant panic attacks.
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> I WILL NEVER TOUCH LEXAPRO AGAIN.
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> And no-one can say I havent give it a good long chance to work.
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> I would say that lexapro has caused me more pain than when I started PAXIL, and that was awful.
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> Thank god for celexa.
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