Posted 11 March 2005 - 08:50 PM
Just started 3 days ago, so I am at 1/2 of a 50mg pill twice daily. I'm tending to place them closer together during the day, like one in the morning, and one in the early afternoon, because I have other drugs to help me sleep and each dose doesn't seem to last very long. I suspect the real effects will not start kicking in for a couple of weeks, as this is the usual way with SSRIs, but in the short term I am experiencing a slight improvement in my social phobia and energy.
Of course, the dose in the cited experiment was 100mg, so I'd probably see more if I did that. I'd really like to start ramping it up, as its the first mental med that has done anything positive for me, except for tramadol, which doesn't really count. I see my shrink in 3 weeks and she'll probably up it then. By the way, while I have slight obsessive tendencies, I'm mainly taking it for depresssion. I haven't responded well to other SSRIs but wanted to try this one as it is different chemically.
Hugh