Posted by tiredman on February 26, 2004, at 14:24:17
In reply to Anyone Had Success on 10 mgs of lexapro, posted by linnie on February 25, 2004, at 15:55:50
I've been taking Lexapro for almost five months. I am sensitive to medications
so I started at 2.5 mg. It worked for a day or to then stopped. I went to 5mgs.
It worked for a few days then stopped. I followed this pattern for four months
going from
2.5->5->7.5->10->15->20->25->30
Each time getting the full wrath of Lexapro side effects.Now, at 30 I am feeling
OK (crossing my fingers).People say "I refuse to go up in dose". Why not? If you are always feeling
crappy it is worth the risk. My pdoc says that if 30 won't continue to work she
will not increase my dose. We'll have to try somthing else. But for now, I'm OKI also take 4mg of perphenazine at night (for anxiety) and 50mg of Trazadone to
sleep. Also 2mg of Ativan. I'm hoping to eliminate the night time drugs over
time (man am I screwed up!).
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