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A comment on Ask HN: What is your experience with SSRIs?.

Re:Ask HN: What is your experience with SSRIs? by caseyf on Thursday July 14, 2022 @09:28PM (#32103574)
I don't have anything negative to say about escitalopram at all (it helps me, no drawbacks for me) but I do want to point out that 20mg is not the recommended starting dose.
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Re:Ask HN: What is your experience with SSRIs? by aidepast on Thursday July 14, 2022 @09:51PM (#32103711)
My insurance potentially would not cover 10mg, so I'd split the 20mg tablets to 10mg per day for the first week, I suppose.

SSRIs don't seem to treat OCD at low doses, so they want me to take 20mg from the beginning.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your experience with SSRIs? by kdtop on Thursday July 14, 2022 @09:44PM (#32103667)
If someone is very nervous about the Rx, they can be started at 5 mg to minimize potential side effects.
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