Posted by Mariposa on August 2, 2004, at 7:12:24
In reply to RE:What are the differences between the atypical, posted by 4mygrls on August 1, 2004, at 21:04:41
> i believe i took 20mg. I was on the max. I think i went off of it cuz it raised my heart rate up too much. but i was also on well and strattera at the same time. my resting heart rate was 130bpm. I was having lots of panic attacks. my family doc didn't agree with me being on all those ad's at the same time. she thinks it was all 3 combined that gave me the panic attacks and raised heart rate. i thought i had pmdd for a long time but when i charted my cycle i found out that the worst time was not only just before my mensus but just beyond it. it was about a two week period starting a week before my mensus and ending at about day 8. it varied though.
20mg is not the max., I currently take 30mg, many posters here have reported they take 40mg, then there was Cletus2 who was taking 100mg. I had a gyndoc tell me the max was 10mg, I had to go to a pdoc to get a higher dose. I have always had a low heart rate/BP, took it last nite and was 57 pulse, 100/51 - BP. Would have to say Lex has NOT been bad for me in that respect. I did have severe anxiety when first starting Lex, but have not had any more since. Have not argued w/hubby or received any more write-ups or customer complaints at work either. Road rage is non-existent. Lex has also gotten rid of my insomnia which I have suffered since late teens.
I too had the problems around period, as you describe, it would start almost a week before and continue almost a week after, basically I was whacked most of the month!
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