Posted by BLKVETTES on November 20, 2003, at 16:03:45
In reply to 3rd week and Lex not working for depression, posted by sfmom on November 20, 2003, at 14:55:08
> It's been three weeks today that I've been on Lex. After the first week or so I started to feel a little better but then really depressed again right before I was supposed to up my dose to 20mg. Then on 20 I was doing okay until the last three days and I just can't drag myself out of bed or force myself to eat anything. Since I'm still having insonmia, I called my pdoc and she prescribed some trazadone (sp?) which I haven't taken yet. But when I told her I was still depressed she said that maybe we should switch to Paxil. I've heard pretty terrible things about Paxil so I don't really want to go on it. Also, I've suffered through all of these freaking se's on Lex and don't want to go through that again.
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> Any advice? Has anyone been taking more than 20mg for depression and anxiety? (I also take 3 Klonopin per day.) How about any experience with Paxil. As some have said the weight loss on Lex has been one of the best se's and I don't want to gain it all back!
Hey, it takes a good 4 to 8 weeks for most people to get relief with these meds. For me it was 6 weeks. The depression went first and then the anxiety was slowly brought under control. I cant believe your pdoc has even suggested a med change at this point. But then again Im not surprised based on what you have posted here before.
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