Posted by Alan on December 2, 2002, at 13:01:38
In reply to Re: complete certainty?/see bottom » dr. dave, posted by pharmrep on December 2, 2002, at 9:16:38
> > > **** The Effexor could be your issue...like Paxil, Effexor tends to mess with your mind and body...long after you have stopped taking it...did you stop cold turkey (thanksgiving joke) or did you titrate down slowly? I have heard of your symptoms from this before...and possibly lasting several weeks...dont go back to effexor, try to ride it out...once your body is ready, then lexapro will do its job..(10 mg right?) good luck
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> > I think it's worth adding that, while there is a good chance Lexapro will help, it is not a complete certainty as pharmrep seems to be implying. I think that's a little misleading. I'm sorry if you feel upset about that pharmrep, but I feel it's important.
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> > If you've only been on Lexapro 19 days it is too early to tell whether it will help. Maybe give it four to six weeks if you can. It is all too easy to lose hope, but if this leads to your medication swapping about too frequently it stops anything having a chance to work.
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> ****** yes...i should be upset...because the phrase "complete certainty" sounds pretty absolute...I believe the terms "could".."tends to"..and "possibly"..generally refer to a lack of certainty which is how I properly used them....let's just stick with the 4-6 wks, hopefully by then the effexor s/e will be gone.
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==============================================Of additional note is that while overlapping AD's can confuse the issue, it is worth noting that MANY (and mostly) AD's have been reported worldwide as having received the top # of complaints about withdrawal effects, even though the two mentioned are near the top of the list of "messing with your mind" (see following link about World Health Organisation report on these difficulties).
Taking into account that:
1)Statistics don't apply to individual cases
and
2)That differences in INDIVIDUALS' reactions to antidepressants are so big that it is difficult to state meaningful generalizations about the difference between one anti-depressant and another,
the problem is NOT exlusive to Paxil and Effexor as some may perceive the implication.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201752,00.html
Alan
PS. Knowing that anxiety is an effect of withdrawal from Effexor and similarly an effect of start up with Lexapro, how is it responsible for any doctor to overlap the two - or at least prescribe some sort of bzd for the duration of these effects? I find this practice far from compassionate...
The tag line of one of PB's members is, "It's "side effects" to the doctor but more accurately major effects to the patient." George Carlin
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