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Posted by karalyn on February 16, 2004, at 20:49:51
hey, i went off Lex for a month cause i thought i wasnt gonna have insurance,but now i do. stupid stupid move....ahhh. anyway im back on Lexapro and its been three weeks. I dont feel much better than before. The first time i was on it it worked the first week and i started to feel better by the second and third week. Has this happened to anyone before? I have heard that if you return to a med sometimes it wont work as well. Is that true? I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and I think i need Welbutrin or something for my sexual SE's on Lexapro, but someone told me they got more anxiety on Welbutrin. please respond. thanks.
Posted by Bill LL on February 17, 2004, at 7:46:32
In reply to Returned to Lexapro, but not working this time, posted by karalyn on February 16, 2004, at 20:49:51
I have also heard of some people returning to a med and needing to raise the dose the 2nd time.
I can think of 3 options:1) raise the dose of Lexapro by 10 mg (even if you never went off of it the first time, you still might have eventually needed a dose increase)
2) keep the dose the same and add Wellbutrin3) if neither of the above work after a couple of weeks, do both
I took 20 mg of Lexapro for a year, then 30 mg for a month, then added Wellbutrin which allowed me to decreased the Lexapro back to 20 mg.
I now take 50 mg Wellbutrin SR twice a day (I cut the 100 mg pill in half). If I take the whole thing at once, I get too jittery. But lots of people can tolerate higher doses of Wellbutrin.
The Wellbutrin has been helping with the sexual side effects of Lexapro.
Posted by KathrynLex on February 17, 2004, at 13:53:43
In reply to Returned to Lexapro, but not working this time, posted by karalyn on February 16, 2004, at 20:49:51
Hi Karalyn,
I would just like to add something to Bill's great advice, if you try all of his options and still aren't having results you might consider taking a different med.
I had wonderful results with Prozac. I went off of it for a while and when I took it again it didn't work nearly as well. You might look in to Prozac as an alternative to Lexapro since they are very similar meds.
K.
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