Posted by HenryO on September 15, 2003, at 3:34:27
In reply to 21 days and sputtering, posted by johnny b good on September 15, 2003, at 1:04:19
Good on ya Johny, I have been sober since '83 and have been chasing the solution for my depression for about half of that time. It never occured to me before then that other people didn't feel as bad as I did all the time. You know Bill Willson had depression terribly. He called it, despondency. I know he'd have tried pharmacology big time, if he'd had the chance. He was quite the explorer. Actually he did try it but that's another story.
I have never taken Lexapro. I have however taken many other meds over the past decade and the one I'm taking now gets the prize. Lamictal. Now these meds effect us all very differently so who knows. What works great for me might be poison for you. There is a "rash" issue with Lamictal. I haven't seen anybody post here who's actually had it, but it is a possibility. And I have seen several people post about lamictal poop-out. However for me it has been the best med I've tried to date. I've been on it for close to two years. 200mg daily. No weight gain, no sexual impact. You have to build up the dose very slowly, 25mg a week max. That was the worst part for me, gutting it out waiting for it to start working. I don't know if that is any help at all, but that's my 2 cents worth.
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