In June, I will have been on 20 mg of lexapro for one year. Feeling better tonight but I have an appointment to seem doctor on Thursday....
Bad morning - took all I had to drive to work and not the ER. My whole upper body is sore and tight as can be. Chest and shoulder pain is coming and going. Wondering if I've built up tolerance to my...
My mom had anxiety for years and my younger brother did as well. I believed them, and I felt sorry for them but I would sometimes wonder why they couldn't just let it go and be happy......until I...
I have never actually been diagnosed with Gerd but my mother has Gerd, IBS, fibromyalgia, and anxiety. Sometimes the burning feels like it's in my breasts and not actually in my chest. That's how my...
Thanks guys. I've been taking Prilosec and it's helped my heartburn in general but I'm still having the burning. Mine also shots up my neck and behind my ear....
I haven't been around for awhile. My life has been super busy and my anxiety has been hovering right on the surface. For the past couple of weeks, I'm feeling a burning sensation in my chest, right...
Hello guys. Been doing great lately with no or very limited/manageable anxiety. Had great Christmas break. I'm a teacher so I returned to work yesterday. On the way to work, it hit me out of nowhere....
Thanks guys! I had a follow up appointment with my doc for something else so I mentioned it to her today. She agrees that it's probably trapped gas but something we will monitor. I have tons of...
Thank you. My health anxiety has been almost non-existent lately but it creeps back in oh-so-easily :-)...
Earlier, I'm walking through the house and I get a very sharp pain under my left ribs. Now I feel it when I breathe in very deeply. It's a sharp pain at the end of the breath. I'm now worried I have...
Sharp pains in my head, and even burning sensations, are a major anxiety symptom for me. I finally had a brain CT to rule out any other problems and it was normal. Once my brain CT came back normal,...
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Thanks guys! My xanax did help. My 6 year old and I went to the library, checked out some books, did some shopping and then had lunch. Felt great until I got home and sat down. My pounding heart...
Having a little morning anxiety today which is rare for me. Heart is pounding. Feels like it's racing but my pulse is 66 bpm. Also feels like every inch of my skin is buzzing. Gave in and took a...
I agree with everything that has been said. Kudos to you for opening up and telling your therapist what you had been hiding. Such a hard thing to do! Now that you're opened up and told someone, all...
I know that when I have a particularly big meal after 6 or 7, the heart pounding I experience when I lay down at night is significantly worse than normal....
I've been on fall break with my kiddos this week. We've stayed up late, slept late and I've just messed up my routine. I just dread how tired I'm going to be tomorrow....
I have been taking lexapro since June. Started off taking paxil but suffered terrible side effects. Everyone is different though and I know people who are very happy on paxil. I started on 10 mg of...
Not feeling particularly anxious, but I absolutely cannot sleep. Been laying in bed since 10 and I have to get up in 3 hours. Boy, is it going to be a long day tomorrow :smhair:...
You are so not alone!!! Your post read just as if I had written it myself. I have had the same exact fears....I get so caught up in thoughts like what if I don't see my kids graduate from college,...
I have the same problem with deep breathing in that it actually makes my anxiety worse. I'm managing pretty well but a year ago, I was terrified to drive to work. So, here I was, a 35 year old...
I definitely feel a hundred times better when I'm busy. I very rarely get anxious at work or when I'm out of the house doing things. I usually don't even get anxious at home as long as I'm busy. It's...
Went to the grocery with my husband and girls. Then went my sister in law's and snuggled her 5 month old twin girls. They are so precious! Then out for Mexican. Good day....
Lexapro, 20 mg and xanax as needed. Started with Paxil and I suffered terrible side effects. But many others have success with it....
My situation is similar to yours. I never even acknowledged my heartbeat one way or the other until my anxiety started. Now I'm up all night with a pounding heart sometimes. Last night, for hours i...
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I just feel like with these pounding heart episodes, my anxiety is back again. Just when is bought I had control of it. And the breathing exercises seem to make a heart pound harder. And today, I...
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I will definitely try the square technique and see if that helps. This heart pounding is just driving me crazy. Xanax do help but I'm out and hadn't been needing them so I hadn't called my doc to...
I know I have been posting about this a lot lately but it has become a new thing for me. Having a rapid heart rate and/or pounding heart had never been an anxiety symptom for me until now. I've...
Thanks Larry! And you're right....I am fed up with it and tired of it creeping back in. I've come a long way and no longer have anxiety every day or worry about every symptom but today it's been...
Sorry for coming back to complain but it helps me to come here and get out how I'm feeling. Was getting ready for work this morning and my 6 year old started throwing up. Stayed home with her and...
Thank you so much for your support! It means soooooo much! I slept wonderfully last night and I feel great this morning. Hope that everyone has a wonderful day today!...
Thank you so much for worrying and wishing me well. I ended up taking a xanax last night and falling asleep. Then my day was incredibly busy at school so I haven't had a chance to be on here. I've...
Laying in bed. Everyone is asleep but me. My chest hurts, like a burning pain. Back, neck, arm hurts. Terrified I'm having a heart atta and debating whether or not to wake my husband....
Any time I start getting anxious, I become very irritable and have a low tolerance for things that normally don't bother me. However, when I'm having a full blown panic attack, I always call my mom....
I'm on lexapro as well and just went from 10 to 20 mg. I have definitely had an increase in anxiety, especially those that cause my heart to race. I can already tell that it's tapering off and I'm...
Good morning! I am a teacher as well and I often feel anxious in the morning. I find that once I get here and start working with my kiddos, I am so busy that I don't think about anxiety at all. It's...
I'm feeling the same way. Doubled my lexapro and my panic and anxiety has also increased. Ended up taking a xanax at work yesterday because I keep feeling like I'm having a heart attack. Just trying...
Thanks ladies! I will get to pick my lexapro up on the way home and then I will take it in the morning. I do have something else to take as needed and that's gotten me through today. Feeling okay...
I slept very good last night.....no palpitations or insomnia. Felt great when I woke up as well. However, I'm having a rough morning now. Lots of pain in my arms, neck, head, etc. Little bit of pain...
Thanks everyone! I did have trouble falling asleep but had a good day at work. I have one cup of coffee in the mornings but other than that, I've given up caffeine for this reason. I just started...
I've had a great weekend. Lay down for bed and my heart starts pounding. Now my arm, shoulder, neck and jaw hurts as well. Been off and on for about a hour. Everyone is asleep so a quiet house makes...
When I switched to mornings I just skipped my nightly dose end then took it when I woke up. My doctor told me that was okay for me to do....
When it kept me up all night, I just switched to mornings. Not medical advice obviously but personally worked for me. I did get some burning sensations under my skin for a few weeks but they passed....
I haven't been to a heart doctor but I feel that they probably are just anxiety related and not dangerous because I only get them when I settle down at night. I never get them when I'm busy and on...
Sounds like things went well! Sending positive prayers and thoughts your way!...
Honestly, I didn't have the heart palpitations before lexapro but they didn't start until a few weeks after I started the lexapro. Once I went up to 20 mg, they stopped. My doc said that my anxiety...
Hang in there! Anxiety and depression run in my family like crazy. I was always so thankful to never have had it.....and I definitely wasn't too sympathetic to what my mom and brother have always...
I started taking 10 mg of lexapro in July. Had some minor side effects (weird dreams, headaches) but they passed after a few weeks. Lexapro has worked well for me. A couple of weeks ago, I started...