Lexapro cause depression at first?

I have posted already about starting Lexapro and a lack of motivation. I have had a few flash bouts of depression since starting. I am not typically depressed. This is my third day. I was wondering if anyone felt this depression at the beginning, and if it wore off?

I was already severely depressed because of my panic... but when I started taking the meds... I felt hope.. but would have bouts of depression... it does wear off... but occasionally I still do get so depressed that I want to cry... but then again.. I have become so emotional since I started getting panic attacks again.

I was so emotionally detached before my panic disorder.. almost numb... and now I'm so dang emotional (tears and all) I have to giggle at myself because I never felt so alive I guess.

You said you haven't been on the Lexapro very long... well it does take about 4-6 weeks to feel the full effects. I wasn't having all the normal side effects (that and it wasn't doing very much for me) when I started on 10 mgs so I had to have my dosage upped. My doc wanted me on 20 mgs and I did up it to that but it was too much, so I lowered it to 15 mgs.

I hope this helps somehow.

Twiggygal~

Thanks for the info Twiggygal and others, I appreciate the feedback. Hopefully after my medication sets in my dissociation will taper off.

I was on Lexapro for about 2 months. I didnt have any serious depression from it, but all the other side effects made me stop taking it. I was then put on Wellbutrin, and that did in fact cause horrible depression. Ive never been a particularly cheery person or anything, but the two weeks I was able to tolerate the Wellbutrin made my life absolute hell. I had all the typical symptoms of major depression (obsession with my own death (but never suicidal), constant thoughts of everybody else around me dying, etc) that I had never experienced prior to that. I got off that as quickly as I possibly could and within a week I was back to my old self.

I think my problem is that I was never depressed and my doctor just assumed that antidepressants were the key to solving my problem. When I was put on them it was messing with a part of my head that wasnt screwed up in the first place so it caused me more harm than good. I know for a fact that the Wellbutrin did cause my depression. Lexapro never did though.