Posted by jujube on October 10, 2004, at 22:21:43
In reply to Re: Lexapro / Celexa Dose Equivalence Question, posted by ednababish on October 10, 2004, at 20:24:31
Dear Edna,
Thanks so much for the response. I am so hoping that Celexa will be good for me. I really did not have the best response to Effexor (always feeling apprehensive, apathetic, unmotivated, night sweats). I think I need to be patient. It has been just slightly over 4 weeks that I am on the Celexa, and less than a week at 40 mg. Plus, I have to keep in mind that I have been suffering emotional and physical side effects (big time) from my first Depo Provera shot. I have never experienced anything like it. I have had so many thoughts of death since I have been on it, and I have never had those kinds of thoughts before. I was due for my next shot on October 21, but I will not be going. I want my sanity back. I am now counting the days until the shot wears off and I can, hopefully, start to live my life again. Anyways, thanks again. Take care.
Tamara
> Dear Tamara,
>
> I had very good results at 30mgs; I went off while I was pregnant, had a moody pregnancy, and then had post-partum issues like panic attacks, anxiety, and insomnia. My gp put me back on 20mgs, but it just wasn't working. She left the practice and moved away; one of her colleagues put me on paxil, which was awful because I was so relaxed and forgetful--I would forget stuff to do for class and not care. I was also incapable of getting physically aroused, let alone reaching an orgasm. He refered me to a psychiatrist, who put me on 15mgs of lexapro, which we agreed to raise to 20 in April.
>
> Celexa worked about the same, probably a bit better. I laughed a lot more, and the sexual side effects weren't as bad. I've read these same remarks at other sites, so it's not just me.
> The first time I took it, I was at 30mgs for a month before I stopped freaking out while driving, and about two months before I stopped being paralyzed by anxiety. All in all, I would say that I felt better more quickly with celexa, but that just may have been because I was new to ADs.
>
> My husband and I will begin to try to conceive this winter--and this time I plan to continue AD therapy through delivery. I have an illness that I have no control over, and my children are better off with a sane mother.
>
> You keep us posted, too, Tamara and Jess.
>
> Edna Babish
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