Posted by LynneDa on June 9, 2004, at 11:40:55
In reply to RE:: Tweek, posted by Tweek on June 9, 2004, at 11:10:36
Tweek -
I'm glad you went to your doc. You are so right, in order to conquer your issues, you have to get stable. That may take several months. It took me almost 3 months on Lex before I could even think about going back into therapy and doing the right things for myself!Please hang in there! Try taking the Lex at different times of the day and note your reactions. Do it gradually over the course of this next week. I went from night to morning to evening before I settled on mid-afternoons! This took me a few weeks to figure out what was best. If you have s/e's right after you take it, by all means switch to nights so you can sleep thru the worst of it. If the s/e's start 3 or 4 hours after taking it, take it after dinner so again you'll be sleeping during the worst of it. Or, if you have major anxiety right when you get up, maybe taking it at night will give you enough to get through your mornings. Just write it all out or have your b.f. help you think it thru. I couldn't sort it out myself at first :-).
The only difference I know between Lex & Celexa is that Lex is a more refined Celexa - it has one less isotope or something! In other words, Lex is the next generation after Celexa. Due to that, it's supposed to start working more quickly because there is less to metabolize and it's supposed to have less s/e's. I never took Celexa so don't have any experience with the differences in effect.
Keep us posted! Just keep telling yourself that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and you'll get there, I promise!
~ Lynne
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> Well, it's been rough, actually. I saw my gp this past Monday, and she has me taking the Lexapro again. I'm taking 5 mg for now, but when I go back in about a month, it'll probably be upped. I was reluctant (and still am!) to take the Lexapro, but I gave in last night and took 5 mg, plus .25 clonazepam. I've pinpointed one of my main sources of depression, and if I'm going to conquer it, I definitely can't do it as a nervous wreck! Unfortunately, I feel like I'm coming out of my skin! I was a wreck when I got up this morning...mornings are usually the worst, but now I can add the Lex effects to it. =/ I actually posted the other day about this, but does taking the Lex at night reduce side effects, maybe? And what is the real difference between Lex and Celexa? I should have asked when I was at my gp, but I must have had a brainfart. *sigh* Trying not to go insane today...
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