Posted by blueberry on November 28, 2006, at 18:00:20
In reply to Mix Celexa and Lexapro, why not???????, posted by qbsbrown on November 28, 2006, at 12:46:33
> Lexapro has been the only med to lift me out of depression in a long time. How ever, it does not help racing thoughts or OCD, plus i could never sleep on lexapro.
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> Celexa on the other hand helps OCD, and regulates sleep, but has no effect on depression.
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> Doc says fine to mix the two, and hopefully reap the benefits of both.
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> Strange, opposite reactions, yet the "same" drug.
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> Thoughts, opionions welcome.
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> BrianI think just the slightest most miniscule change in a molecule can result in significantly different results. When they tweeked the celexa molecule into lexapro, they made a whole new drug with different effects as far as I'm concerned. They may feel the same to one person, or feel really different to someone else. At a molecular level I just don't think we or scientists really know what tweeking a molecule is capable of doing.
Since both drugs have different effects on you, my opinion is to take both and see if you can get benefits from both. The trick will be to get the right ratio of celexa vs lexapro, more of one and less of another, equal doses, or whatever.
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