Posted by Bill L on November 26, 2001, at 7:59:32
In reply to Maximum dose of gingko?, posted by Kathleen6674 on November 24, 2001, at 5:48:38
I also take Celexa and Ginkgo. (Celexa 30 mg and Ginkgo 240 mg per day). It helps me with the sexual side effects. How long a go did you increase from 20 to 40mg of Celexa? Maybe you need to give it more time for some degree of the sexual disfunction to wear off. I would not recommend taking much more than 240 mg per day of Ginkgo since it is an anticoagulant and can therefore possibly cause bleeding problems.
Escitalopram should be coming out in the next 4 to 6 months. This is a different form of Celexa which has demonstrated less side effects than Celexa in clinical tests. It's made by the same people as Celexa. The lower side effects include sexual as well as less day time tiredness.
> I was on 20mg Celexa, 250 mg Wellbutrin; had sexual side effects from the Celexa; started taking gingko, 240 mgs a day, and it helped - not back to the original level, but it helped quite a bit.
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> The problem: I was still rather depressed. Pdoc ups the Celexa to 40mg. Less depressed now. However, the sexual dysfunction is back in full force even though I was still taking the gingko.
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> So I started taking 360 mgs a day of gingko. No dice.
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> Today I started taking 480 mgs. (four 40mg capsules 3 times a day). I'm hoping it will work (on the assumption that a doubled dose of Celexa might mean a doubled dose of gingko is required to help the sex thing).
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> However, it's ripping up my stomach (not that all the other meds I'm taking help any in that department). I'm wondering if the gingko will help as much (assuming it starts to help at all, of course)if I take 80mgs six times a day (a pain, but worth it if I can have an orgasm again) to reduce the effect it has on my stomach.
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> Also, I'm wondering if it's safe to take this much gingko every day. I've heard about 120mgs a day and 240 mgs a day, but I'm taking quite a bit now.
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> My doctor knows I'm taking gingko, but he didn't inquire as to how much. He told me that the only other option was Viagra, and that would be used right before the act; I'm more interested in something that will increase the drive to something approaching normal for me, as well as restore my ability to orgasm (right now I absolutely cannot, no matter how long I try).
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> Celexa is the first med that's worked for me after a year and a half of experimenting with different anti-d's, so I'm reluctant to go off it.
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> Thanks for any help and info you might be able to give.
poster:Bill L
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