Posted by vandy on November 8, 2003, at 10:54:17
In reply to Re: Up to 20mg Lex - Feel terrible » sapphira, posted by sfmom on November 8, 2003, at 10:46:50
Why don't you let your body tell you. Quarter the pill and take the first quarter then let some time pass. If not ill effects take another quarter, etc. It ain't professional advise but it fits your time table a little better. Sorry for your discomfort. And I know it won't help you to know that, since I weigh over 200 pounds, I've been on 20 mg since day one with none of your SE's. Don't you want to have me shot?
> > try to increase your dosage gradually. take just a quarter of a pill instead of the whole thing at once. do that over a period of a week and then up it a quarter more. i just started this week and even the 1/2 pill was too much for me so i cut down to a quarter and am now able to function.
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> > someone else posted that they are sensitive to meds too and had to gradually increase in small increments.
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> > good luck.
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> Well, it would have been nice if my doctor had told me that was an option! But this is already my third day on 20 mg, should I scale back starting tomorrow or would that be counter-productive? I'm only on disability until Dec 1 and have to get back on my feet before then.
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