Posted by Edgefield on April 16, 2003, at 9:12:13
In reply to Re: Am NOT liking Lexapro! Help!, posted by baracuda on April 16, 2003, at 0:38:02
May I ask what dosage of Fluoxetine you were taking before you began to feel better? So it took you 12 weeks before you saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I wish you the best.
God Bless
> i can understand why you dont like lexapro - or any AD for that matter -
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> *im beginning to see that the people who continually post on here are constantly looking for some relief and if we had it, we would be busy enjoying our depression-free lives instead of looking for solutions or alternatives to address our problems.*
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> but anyway, i was on prozac and lexapro, and i cant really say that either one of them is better than the other - im on week 4.5 and barely barely starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
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> prozac worked great for me in my 12th week, but by the 5th month, it was as if i was taking a sugar pill, it just stopped working. i adjusted the dosage, changed the time i took them, everything. it just stopped.
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> i hope you have better luck - although im finding that with severe or major depression (at least the one i have) nothing really works until week 8.
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> good luck to you!
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> oh yea, and btw - i had wayyy way less s/e with fluoxetine than with lexapro -
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