Posted by lil' jimi on September 13, 2003, at 1:33:17
In reply to re: Hey Lil Jimi, you haven't moved up yet, man ? » Mariposa, posted by ELENI4 on September 12, 2003, at 21:26:59
hi ELENI4,
> Out of curiosity, does Lexapro seem to poop out after four months or so, requiring an increased dose? >
this revolves around an issue that is serious enough for many of us that we have to take it as a matter of something rather more than just curiosity ... ... sorry, no offense intended to you ...
we, who have come to depend on lexapro, must live with the threat of the proverbial "poop out" ... the diminishing of its therapeutic effectiveness ...
the variation in the response to lexapro, from one individual to the next, is so great that very little can be gained by considering the probabilities or generalizations, in the face of the specific case of a particular user ...
for instance, for some users, their effective dose can be as little as 5 mg and, for some, it can be 30 mg or more ... ...
... i have read of some treatment resistant cases, where lexapro followed a previous pattern of other ssris, and its effectiveness could not be maintained ... i read of maybe two others who quit lex due to effectivess decrease ...
i know of one guy who has been on lex for a year and 2 for more than 8 monhts and then there's a large team of us around 6 (like myself) or 7 months ...
... and i would say a lot of my teamamtes (6 or 7 monthers) have increased their dose at one point or another ... ... i increased 5 months ago, but not from poop out ... i was till feeling out my effective dose and getting up to it ...anyway, that's my long winded way to say, "that's the way it seems to me" ...
how's it seem to you ?
have you been using lex for around 4 months?take care,
~ jim
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