Posted by lil' jimi on August 7, 2003, at 16:09:17
In reply to re: new to Lexapro AND babbling... » lil' jimi, posted by trauma queen on August 7, 2003, at 13:56:30
Aw ... heck there, Tari Anne,
i like the way you write ... and you're sweet!
... and you are welcome, welcome, welcome ! !> lil Jimi...
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> thank you for your kind welcome... i have especially enjoyed reading all you, Jimi, have to say with such amazing humor! I love when i can actually LOL to what people write...I am fond of your wittiness and awesome rapport with your fellow humankind... You go BOY! :)
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> >.... .... "two weeks" says a lot about this to >me, because it might not be enough time yet
> > ... but it might be !
> > ... ... if i was deciding this right now for me
> > ... i'd wait a week and then titrate up
> > ... ... the stout-of-heart might bump up all the way
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> > ... but hey, that's me ... and i may be wrong
> > ... ... also. i've been talking myself into going up to 15 mg ... ... i might ! ... might not ... ...
> > ... so anyway, this dilemma may tinge my view of what you should do ... ... ... probably ... ... maybe not ...
> > ... wish i was better help ... ...
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> Jimi...you are more help than you know. You lend validation to my dilemma because you are ALSO having the same dilemma. I have the same thoughts as you...wait it out...bump it up to 15mg.....maybe...maybe not. My actual worry is that I DON'T HAVE INSURANCE! And this one month of Lexapro cost me $75...BUT, we have a wonderful thing called "Discount Drugs of Canada" down here in South Florida and I think I will check their prices out. Plus I DON'T have a "pdoc" (love that abbreviation, by the way--should be added to Shar's lingo link) The pdoc that saw me in the mental health place could barely speak English, looked off into other directions when I was speaking with him for the first time and showed absolutely no respect or compassion towards me. It was horrible. I will definitely NOT be stopping the Lexapro though...it has really saved me...
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> How long have you been at 10mg??
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> thank you thank you thank you...
> Tari Anne... ... got to let me recover from blushing so much here ... gosh ! ... and thanks ...
i really feel for your dilemma with no insurance and having to pay for your care out of your pocket there ... ... my insurance makes my lexapro costs tolerable for me ... ... i haven't had a pdoc yet either ... ... i think i get some pity from folks who do have support from a psychiatrist or a therapist ... maybe ... ... winging it here without one has been okay for me, so far ... ...
i spent my first month at 5mg and then the last 4 months at 10mg ... ...
... ... so we ask oursleves:
hold what we got ?
Or
bump up ?now i have to agree with myself from our last message ... 2 weeks is barely enough time for your SEs to start to settle down, but Probably Not enough time for you to expect the full therapuetic benefits from Lexapro yet ... very specualtively on my part, i wouldn't expect you to have a real assessment of your lexapro's effects for several more weeks yet ... ...
now me?
... ... i don't yet have enough
.... .... dissatisfation
.... .... to make myself decide i need to try more than 10mg of lex
... ... 4 months
... but not enough complaints to make the leap to 15 mg ... yet ... ... ?... ... How's Peter doing out there?
... ... beyond 30 mg yet?Tari Anne, Peter & everyone ... ...
take care!!
~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
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