Posted by Wildman on February 11, 2004, at 8:41:08
In reply to Re: Is Lex really worth it?, posted by linkadge on February 10, 2004, at 15:44:35
> You need to ask yourself exactly why you started the medication to begin with. 21 days ago where were you. Were you crying, were you sleeping, were you over anxious? Did the doctor push this on you, or did you go to him for it.
Excellent points to consider!!!
> Are you stopping it because you feel you really didn't need it or because you are perhaps afraid of what it might do to you.
Once again, excellent. It's a paradox, you want to stop taking it as you now feel better, but you are feeling better because you continue to take it. It's not like aspirin - take it for the headache that would have lasted for 6 hours and then take it again if/when the pain comes back.
Lex is a drug that must build up in your system over time. While it is building up, you may feel some wierd things going on. Once you've hit the plateau in serum levels, you will probably stop noticing the drug at all. Once _I_ hit the plateau, I felt like my old self again, and did consider (briefly) stopping.
I am now in week 9 and have begun to increase my dosage as of this morning, as I felt my old thought patterns were coming back.
> You really need to examine the risks and benefits of the treatment, as well as what it has done for you.As far as risks go, I am not aware of any hardcore risks that would scare me away from this drug. You _can_ feel somewhat "uncomfortable" during the early days of treatment as you get used to it, but that goes away.
For me, the risk was in not doing anything about my situation, and not being able to live my life to the fullest!!! That was a risk I was not willing to take....
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