Re: NEW HERE help

[Guest guest]

Truthfully, that dose is enough to knock me on my butt! But then I'm sensitive

to drugs that way. What may be a standard dose for most people is probably more

than I need. I was that way with Effexor. I was only ever on 75mg. And that's

all I needed.

This, again, points up the fact that we all react very differently to all drugs

and doses of drugs.

Barbara

Re: Re: new here help

Well, they make the tablet in 0.25mg and there are a lot of people on that

dosage with good results. I work in a hospital so, I know. That dosage is

prescribed all the time.

--- MsTigerHawk <tigerhawksoars@...> wrote:

> You might as well take none as to take .25 mg. It's not going to do

> anything. Sounds like a placebo effect to me. One of the big no-nos is

> not taking a prescription exactly as prescribed.

>

> Colleen

>

>

[Guest guest]

I never did have the brain zaps. Not with either drug, Celexa and Effexor. Now

if I'd suddenly stopped taking either of them I might have. But since I weaned

off both very slowly I never had a problem with them.

Barbara

Re: Re: new here help

>

>

> Ok, I dont mean to butt in. But I took xanax .25 for 4? years one

a night before bed and if needed in the day time. Lexapro, I thought

was great NO!!!!! now I cant get off of it and I hate the feeling of

being ill if I miss (mentaly).... I was " fine " with the xanax. It

worked for me and I didnt go into a " mental state " anytime I didnt

have it like with the lexapro. I dont know WHY I let my doctor talk

me into it No! NOTHING bothers me! my life now has become flat and

dependent on a drug. Im so angry with my doctor, why couldnt I just

stay on the xanax?

>

> bethcatenenery wrote: Thank you

Barbara and I am sorry for your loss also.. I cannot

> understand why I can go 6 months, a year, 2 years with no

problems

> then WHAM BAM!! I am not allergic to virtually anything... its so

> silly...

> I started a new job today and took a half a xanax an hour before

i

> had to be there and low and behold I made it through the day.. i

got

> bouts of mild mind wandering, but I have not taken anything since

8

> o clock this am and I am fine... I hadn't taken any xanax in over

> two days prior to this so i am so up in the air.. I say to

myself,

> what can it hurt to take this 5 mg, but then I say, what if I am

> getting through this without the meds. In one months time I lost

my

> job, had a miscarriage and am standing by my partner who is going

> through a divorce so I keep saying, maybe it will go away ,but

then

> i say, take the pills so you don't what if every little thing

> anymore.. UGH!!!!Fortunatley my partner is a very supportive man

and

> feels terrible about all of this but tells me he cannot tell me

> whether nor not to take the lex because he is not a doctor..

> I will post in the am and let you know what I decided to

do..lol...

> my biggest fear is taking it and not having it throw me more out

of

> whack, especially because I am so much better than last weeek...

> Also, As far as the Xanax, I have never ever had to take more

> than .25 mg in a 24 hour period...

> ok, just take the pill and stop rambling..lol

>

>

> > >

> > > Hi Beth - I am fairly new to all this - developed severe

> anxiety

> > about 6 months ago - spent 3 months trying to fight it with

self

> > help courses etc. In the end I started taking the lexpro my doc

> had

> > prescribed 2 months earlier

> > >

> > > After about a week I had several days of severe anxiety but

> then

> > things started to improve.

> > > I still get a lot of anxiety and am using alternative

> therapies

> > such as pilates, meditation self hypnosis, exercise etc. but

the

> lex

> > definitely helped me get to a point where I could at least

start

> to

> > see a way out.

> > >

> > > I started on 10 mg a day then moved to 15+ but I found

> that

> > 10mg was the best doseage for me - I started getting more

> depression

> > with the higher doses!

> > >

> > > I was worried about side effects but havent really

> experienced

> > any except the initial anxiety increase when you first start

> taking

> > lex - and after a few weeks my sleeping started to improve

which

> may

> > have been due to the med - increased serotonin levels lead to

> > increased melatonin - the sleep chemical.

> > >

> > >

> > > Good luck

> > >

> > > Mike

> > >

> > >

> > >

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> > >