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Posted by Office_LB on June 16, 2003, at 22:05:21
HI I was put on Paxil at (12.5 mg/d then 25) first and felt "out of it" but not much happier for three weeks. My doc switched me to Lexapro (10mg/d) and it was like a light had been switched on! I was by no means perfect but I could feel myself getting better.
That only lasted a week though, then the effects faded. SO he upped my dose to 20 mgs and I am starting to feel better (3 days in).
But I think what was going on was that I still had Paxil in my system and it was havign a synergistic effect with the Lexapro. I asked my doc about it and he said there is no point on being on 2 SSRIs because they all do the same thing...increasing dosage of the new med is the way to go.
I just wanted to get y'alls input.
Posted by Questionmark on June 17, 2003, at 1:36:24
In reply to Combining two SSRIs? In particular Paxil and Lex., posted by Office_LB on June 16, 2003, at 22:05:21
It is pretty pointless. Just upping the dose of one you're on would be just as effective and more observable, etc.
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