Posted by MARTY on July 1, 2006, at 11:31:39
In reply to Re: Lexapro : Interesting Facts About » MARTY, posted by Bonnie_CA on July 1, 2006, at 5:55:09
Hi Bonnie,
So what do you think? Do you think Lexapro would do me any good?
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> -BonnieWell, after an SSRI pooped out, some time after, one can give it a retrial and get good results. You talk about 3 SRIs, so I guess you only tried those. And if so, I don't think you should give Celexa a retrial right now. You could try another SSRI first (Did you tried Paxil ?).
Now, if you want to give Celexa another trial, try Lexapro instead. IT IS better than Celexa. Celexa is an SSRI where Lexapra is more Selective AND Allosteric (ASRI), which means it produce a greater effect at the allosteric binding site of the serotonin transporter.
You see, Lexapro molecule (Escitalopram) is one the half of the Celexa molecule (Citalopram). The half that been remove has been so because it wasn't doing anything except giving side effects. But in the last year it has been discovered that the useless part was in fact WORKING AGAINST the working part. So now that the 'bad' part is removed, not only Lexapro gives even less side effects but it works even better.
Here's a link if you like scientific paper:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16448580&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsumBtw, it's just my 2 cents.. I'm nothing more than someone who tried many AD and read some scientific stuff.
Good luck!
Marty
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