Posted by Andrew B. D. on May 20, 2015, at 15:40:18
In reply to Re: Similar to escitalopram but without heart issues, posted by Christ_empowered on May 20, 2015, at 14:36:27
It's for depression, anxiety and OCD. Most pronounced being the anxiety.
> I dunno man. What were you taking it for? Are you on anything right now? I read somewhere that Luvox is safer than a lot of other SSRIs, but I'm not a doc and Luvox carries its own set of problems.
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> If its depression...you have plenty of options. OCD...probably fewer options. Anxiety...lots of options. See where I'm going with this?
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> Could you lower the dose and augment? Some people can take an SSRI+Wellbutrin, SSRI+Remeron, SSRI+buspar, so on and so forth. I seem to recall reading that the cardio issues w/ escitalopram are dose related, so...I dunno...maybe try that?
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> Have you tried other SSRIs? Any problems? Successes? I mean, I'm not a doc, so I'm just asking what has worked, what you're treating, and what effects you need/want from your medication.
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> Good luck!
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