Posted by SLS on March 25, 2003, at 15:32:19
In reply to Re: Lexapro vs. Celexa » SLS, posted by jrbecker on March 25, 2003, at 14:54:16
> Scott, the matter still seems unclear to me at this point as well. I have been back on celexa for about 2 months now after giving Lex a go for 4 months. In terms of daytime somnolescence, my past experience has been that 2.5 mg of Lexapro is slightly less sedating than 10 mg of celexa.
Hi JB.I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
I am on day 10 of Lexapro taken at a dosage of 10mg. I have spent most of the last 3 days sleeping. I find it interesting that I experienced absolutely no somnolence during the first week. I am not nearly so sleepy as I was earlier in the day. It would be great if this were the beginning of a trend.
> I have recently re-added an augmention of 30mg of remeron. For the heck of it, I am planning an upcoming week's substitution of the celexa again for 2.5 mg of Lex to see if it might be useful now that I'm on the mirtazapine as an augmentor. I'll be sure to post any further results I glean from this.
What prevents you from tolerating therapeutic dosages of Celexa and Lexapro? You wouldn't be the first person who preferred Celexa to Lexapro.
A friend of mine had been taking Celexa for a few years before making the switch to Lexapro. He feels significantly better since making the change. From what I have seen, the sedating and somnolent effects of Lexapro begin to disappear after two weeks - if they do disappear at all. I'm going to hang in there. I don't have too many alternatives. I would rather have taken duloxetine had it been available. I hope duloxetine turns out to be a "clean" drug. You never know about a drug until it is used in the real world.
Good luck!!!
- Scott
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