Posted by Paulbwell on June 2, 2005, at 3:36:46
In reply to Re: When Did People Discover Low Doses of AD's Work?, posted by Paulbwell on June 1, 2005, at 5:01:32
> > It seems that a lot of posters are taking very low doses of AD's like prozac for depression. I've noticed it with cymbalta too. How did you discover that they worked better than the recommended doses of the drugs? I always thought you needed the recommended dose for them to work. And then sometimes higher. Thanks, Phillipa
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> Many people only need 5mgs of Prozac for Antidepressant relief,
> I have known people who were started off on one 20mg Capsule-felt completly overwhelmed, and gave it up. Many knowledgeable PsyDocs will start ppl off on 2.5-5mgs of prozac in liquid form, until they adapt to the SEs then raise to a standard level of 10 or 20mg or higher if needed.
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> My good friend even felt nothing from 80mgs 4 caps, while that dose would blow my head off.:(
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> CheersThat was a hugh selling point for Eli Lilly when Prozac came out, the one size fits all of 1 20mg capsule.
People could start out on a full threaputic dose from the start (never mind that this greatly over-stimulated many people) and stay on this dose, a seemingly great advantage to TCAs where a low and slow build up had to occur, with people taking 4-12 pills as opposed to the 1 for Prozac.
Prozac, AKA bottled sunshine-circa 1993
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