Posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 6, 2004, at 16:58:34
In reply to Re: OCD Meds? - try Luvox » Ame Sans Vie, posted by RetiredYoung on August 6, 2004, at 16:37:14
I don't buy Forest's assertion that Lexapro is four times as potent, actually. I once was rapidly titrated to 80mg with little effect to speak of. The reading I've done concerning OCD and escitalopram oxalate indicate 120mg as being the mean effective dose. In my experience with both Lexapro and Celexa, I've found quite similar effects from 80mg Lexapro as from ~40mg Celexa. The 20mg Forest recommends is, for many depressives, a pretty darned low dosage; for the majority of OCDers, it's generally placebo.
~Michael
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