Posted by agencypanic on May 26, 2003, at 17:33:10
In reply to Re: Switch from Lexapro to Effexor XR??, posted by kkat on May 26, 2003, at 16:48:51
> > > I've been taking Lexapro for a few weeks and trying to be patient by giving it more time. I was thinking about trying Effexor XR because it claims to help with a little "motivatation" which I seem to be lacking from Lexapro. Right now with Lexapro 10mg I'm feeling a little spacey and not wanting to do much of anything. Any input???
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> > I recently made the switch from 20mg/day of Lexapro to 150mg/day Effexor xr. As yet--after approx.3 weeks, I still haven't noticed an increase in my 'motivation'.
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> Can I ask why you both switched from Lexapro to another drug? I was on Lex, 10 mg for two weeks, anxiety kicked in, upped it to 20 mg for almost 3 weeks and the panic/anxiety didn't subside. I switched back to Zoloft and am beginning to feel better. I was on Zoloft before and did pretty good and heard about Lex, so I switched. Wish I didn't. It was not for me. Good luck!
>I switched from Lexapro because it wasn't working. 7 years ago I was on zoloft for about a year or a little more. It helped me out of my depression and I went off of it. I wish now that I'd kept taking it, but that's life. When I tried zoloft again late last year it didn't work so I went to Lexapro. And now I'm trying Effexor.
As for side effects from Lexapro vs Effexor I can't really say. I'm more concerned that the drug works than I am about side effects at this point. I was somewhat tired from the lexapro and haven't had much motivation, but I can't say whether this is the drug or the depression. I noticed some teeth clenching when I first started lexapro and I think there's some now with Effexor too.
I've only been on Effexor not quite 3 weeks now, so I'm going to stick it out and hope that it works.
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