Posted by bleauberry on October 14, 2010, at 5:11:59
In reply to AD Overkill: How to Avoid It?, posted by orbital on October 12, 2010, at 15:51:34
Well, I have shared it here several times, but my doctor frequently starts lexapro at 1 drop (that is 1/10th mg) and works up to a range of 1mg to 5mg. A study of milnacipran showed that low doses worked as good as high doses....but it took significantly longer. I would suspect the same applies to all meds.
My doc has a population of mostly tough cases, so it kind of goes against the grain that he would get the best results with seemingly tame doses. But that;s what he has learned over the years and that's what he does. He doesn't care about trends or what anyone else does....he just wants what he does in his own office to work. Super low doses do that. They just take a lot longer to get to the goal line. But once there, all the side effects and complications are minimal or absent.
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