Posted by lostsailor on March 29, 2003, at 18:27:58
Years ago on 20, 30, then 40 mg paxil....no real success, mostly for panic---co-administered with a good dose of xanax (2mg tid, so 6) onto...all the others, found Effexor-XR to be great for dep episodes
But eventually (even with mood stabel.) leads to mania. I now use that for real hard times and when the dep breaks, go back to an ssri, lately celexa and now it's cousin lexapro.I was doing well on lexapro, xanax (now 8mg), lamictal and ambian to sleep, but wanted to try paxil -cr (just in hope good could change to great, which ='s "normal" to me). Almost 6 weeks now and I can't sleep at all and had to start serequil to even doze off a bit.
I plan to go back to lexapro next appointment, which is next week...anyone else have same pattern
(Basically paxil, celexa/lexapro, and then tried paxil-cr with good results??? Maybe I should give it another few weeks, but usually my side effect subside within about two. Also doc said the Paxil -cr is usually sedating and for me it's been the opposite.Any help would be great...~tony
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