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Old 07-10-2004, 12:48 PM   #2
Undertoad
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
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Getting to the right level was the key. It takes 30-60 days for it to take overall effect, so changes in dosage have to be slow and steady. I got up to 20mg and especially by the third month, noticed all sorts of differences and improvements. After a year or so at that level, I really got weary of its side-effects, and I'd also gained a lot of weight. I backed off to 15 and did great and had none of the side-effects. After a while I went down to 10 and within 4 months had two pretty severe panic reactions. Back to 15 and I've been in pretty good condition and been able to lose much of the weight.

I say my condition is chronic because it has affected me during every part of my life including my childhood. Is there a chance I've got some weird psychological problem lodged in my head somewhere, that a few years of talk therapy might dislodge? Almost certainly!!! But firstly, who doesn't?? And secondly, I watched my ex run through three expensive therapists for ten years and still not be able to sit through an hour with her family. I'm not impressed.
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