| welshboy 2005-01-28, 7:59 am |
| i was actually on Cipramil, Cipralexs older brother! I was started on 20mg
a day which worked but then i went down with depression about 2 weeks
after making a recovery, they upped me 20 40mg which is where i styed for
5 years. I think 20mg Cipralex is the same as 40mg Cipramil.
From my own exoperience it took about 2 weeks b4 I noticed any change, the
change in my mood was instentanious, it happend on Xmas eve 1998 whilst
driving to Wales from London. About 3 weeks after that I had a total
recovery, again instantanious. My mood and perception on everything juist
changed as I was walking down the street. I find that when I get
depression it comes on with the click off the fingers, its the same in the
way that it goes.
I really understand your predicament. To me when I am changing meds - I
have only had to do thise since i XXXXed up my cipramil in June after
taking cocaine. (again not touching recreational drugs or alcohol again -
its not worth it for me) - anyway, it is so hard... each day is a struggle
to survive through. When i am getting to the 5 week mark and no
improvement I get anxious to try something elst... my psy. nurse tells me
its only a few weeks, thats nothing,.. well it bloody is when you feel
like this. I have since been on Mitrazapine - for me the most useless AD
ever, good for sleep though. I am coming off Effexor - had a few
'windows' of normaility but still felt that i was fiting to maintain the
normality - kind of like a headache, it was abit better but not all gone.
I am now on Seroxat/Paxil and it seems to be doing something. I have had
the most bearable days in 7 months over the past 2 weeks. It seemed to
kick in quite quickly.
I have since found out my problem is purely seretonin related so I need to
say with the SSRI's. Did you know that for 20mg of Prozac you need 450mg
Effexor for the same effect on the re-uptake of Prozac?
Good luck and keep us posted as to how you are progressing. At least you
are able to hold down a job, I lost my £32k job due to this illness.
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