Posted by lil' jimi on June 29, 2003, at 3:33:11
In reply to Re: Anyone start off taking Lex 5mg??, posted by Capri on June 28, 2003, at 21:40:30
hi again Capri,
> I'd like to know more about Lex if you could share it with me.
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my pleasure ...> I started taking 5 mg last night but found I couldn't sleep that well. Will take again tonight but I might switch to a.m.
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i believe you are correct to want to switch your time ... ... ... many lex posters have made more than one adjustment to when they take lex to either 1) avoid insomnia or 2) avoid sleepiness and fatigue during the day ... ... timing can make a lot of differnce ... ... it has been suggested that if you notice when you are feeling especially tired from lex, estimate how long it was from when you took it, and adjust you time to that much before bedtime ... ...> I've been on several meds over the years on and off. The only one I could tolerate was Paxil but that was 4 years ago. I took Pax for a year and never had any problems going off. I have tried many more meds after that but can't tolerate. Now I'm with Lexapro.
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i have read here of paxil withdrawals .. .. . i am impressed and grateful that you had no problems ... ... more than ten years ago my wife was on paxil ... .... ... it was bad for her libido and has been detrimental to our love life ... ... in that category, i have had only very temporary (a week) anorgasmia on lex .. ... ...> Please share your experience with Lex.
> Thanks!i was dxed depressed and prescribed 10mg lex ... ... with my 1st dose i experienced surprisingly intense SEs: flu-like symptoms, depersonalization, vaguenss of focus, and most alarming, panic attacks ... i had never had them before ... ... the next day i found this web site, while i reduced my dose to 5mg ... ... .. ... in what now seems like classic initial SEs for lex, all of my SEs faded to zero by my 2nd week, although many other posters have not been so fortunate ... ... around week 4 or 5 i began to feel relief and increasing benefit from lex ... .. ...
... ... to see the WHOLE story ... ...
... you can load the whole lex thread to your browser's window by using the link http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020609/msgs/109458.html ... ... and then under your Edit menu select "Find in this page" and a dialog box will let you enter a search term ... ... you can put in "jimi" and each time you click "Find", the browser should bring up another of my posts ... .... not that they are so great, but they tell my story ... in all of its details. (as blkvettes would say) ...... posting on that thread can get you the attention of a lot more lex users .... and the reponses from their experiences ... ...
.. .... if you have anything in particular i could elaborate on, please let me know.
... and please try yo post as much as possible ... ... i like to know how you are doing ... thanks
TAKE CARE !!!!
~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
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