((((Juliana))))

Oops, you seem to have gotten me mixed up with someone else. I don't take Prozac because my body doesn't tolerate SSRIs. My serotonin levels are just fine. My problem seems to be with norepinephrine. I've been taking Effexor XR.

I am still in shock about the Lexapro here in Canada. I started the psych med roller coaster ride 4 years ago this month, and it certainly wasn't available here then. And I still haven't heard anyone talking about it here, not even any of the docs when they were putting me on one SSRI after another until we figured out that wasn't working. LOL. I remember when Lexapro became available in the US, and everybody was so happy. They were all switching over from Celexa because Lexapro is a much cleaner SSRI than Celexa. And since you said that you did fine on Celexa, then you should do fine on this new med.

What I find baffling is that Canada changed the brand name. How can they do that. In both the US and Canada, the brand name is the brand name: Celexa, Remeron, Advil, Tylenol, Wellbutrin, Valium, Sudafed, Effexor, Benedryl, etc, etc. The only thing I can figure out is that when Canada did its own testing on Lexapro (you know how we have to test even after its already been passed by the US FDA.....just makes us wait a few years longer)....well, maybe they made a tiny change in it and thus it couldn't be called Lexapro because it technically wasn't anymore. I see that the active ingredient in both Lexapro and Cipralex is the same, but *something* must have been changed. Weird.

Let us know all about your date. Is it fun to start seeing guys again? I hope you really enjoy yourself, hon.

God bless,
Sandy