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Posted by dazednconfused on July 12, 2002, at 11:41:52
Hi to all,
I was on Paxil at 20 mg for months with a lot of side effects, in particular sexuals s/e (loss of libido) and dizziness.
I've noticed that if i take only 5 mg/d i do not suffer of any side effects or disease.
Has 5 mg/d of Paxil any therapeutic effect, or it is too low dosage?
Have you had any experience on this subterapeutic dosage?
I'm currently haveing reboxetine at 4 mg/d too.
Thanks for your share.
Posted by Gabbi on July 12, 2002, at 19:01:04
In reply to PAXIL at 5 mg/d: any experience at this dosage?, posted by dazednconfused on July 12, 2002, at 11:41:52
No personal experience;
But It would definately depend on your diagnosis. With dysthimia hey if you feel better you are better, there can't really be a placebo effect (in my opinion) But with Major recurrent depression and obviously bi-polar you can have remission periods where you feel fine, and its pretty dangerous to play with your medication at that time ...tempting as it is to me STILLBut eventually it can permanently make your situation worse.
Posted by MB on July 13, 2002, at 15:00:04
In reply to PAXIL at 5 mg/d: any experience at this dosage?, posted by dazednconfused on July 12, 2002, at 11:41:52
> Hi to all,
> I was on Paxil at 20 mg for months with a lot of side effects, in particular sexuals s/e (loss of libido) and dizziness.
> I've noticed that if i take only 5 mg/d i do not suffer of any side effects or disease.
> Has 5 mg/d of Paxil any therapeutic effect, or it is too low dosage?
> Have you had any experience on this subterapeutic dosage?
> I'm currently haveing reboxetine at 4 mg/d too.
> Thanks for your share.
When I first started Paxil, I was given the little yellow 10 mg pills to start with. The headaches and chills and burning up the back of my neck were so bad that I stuck to half of the yellow pill (5 mg). This seemed to improve my mood slightly with minimal side effects. Also, when I took Effexor, I broke a 37.5 mg tablet into quarters and took one quarter twice a day. That was probably the best regimin I've been on. If you feel better on the low doses, why not stick to them? Maybe for me it was the placebo effect; I'm willing to accept that possibility...but feeling better from a placebo is better than depression, right? Anyway, my gut tells me that it wasn't a placebo effect. I think there was something authentic going on even at such "low" (by FDA standards) doses.MB
Posted by Ritch on July 13, 2002, at 17:48:34
In reply to PAXIL at 5 mg/d: any experience at this dosage?, posted by dazednconfused on July 12, 2002, at 11:41:52
> Hi to all,
> I was on Paxil at 20 mg for months with a lot of side effects, in particular sexuals s/e (loss of libido) and dizziness.
> I've noticed that if i take only 5 mg/d i do not suffer of any side effects or disease.
> Has 5 mg/d of Paxil any therapeutic effect, or it is too low dosage?
> Have you had any experience on this subterapeutic dosage?
> I'm currently haveing reboxetine at 4 mg/d too.
> Thanks for your share.
Hi,This is an interesting topic. I think there are a lot of people out there who respond quite well to "subtherapeutic" doses just fine. I am bipolar so that probably explains my AD sensitivity-but I wonder if there are many unipolar depressives who would benefit from similar very low doses as well. IOW, are there a lot of folks who crash and burn on SSRI's due to side-effects, that simply needed to take a much lower dosage to feel OK? I am in a seasonal bipolar depression right now and I am taking 12.5mg of Effexor + 18.75mg of Wellbutrin (plus Depakote-Klonopin), and that is about all I can stand to take and I feel "ok". I tried up to 37.5mg of Effexor (with no WB), and got hypomanic, then I backed it down and added a little WB. So far so good.
Mitch
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