M, I've found the internet to mostly be my worst enemy when it comes to feeding the "health anxiety" beast. The exception, being this forum. Seem like folks just report the bad experiences. And I...
M,. I had this exact same problem on 5mg of lexapro. I kept thinking this is worse than the symptoms I came in with - what the heck!! After almost three weeks my doc me switched to 50mg zoloft. But I...
Thanks for the encouragement everyone!...
Hi There! After almost 7 weeks on ADs for anxiety (5mg lexapro for three and 25mg zoloft for one week then up to 50mg zoloft for almost three) plus .75 klonopin a day and I am still having serious...
forestbook, Thanks for the reply. Were you just on zoloft? I had a bad experience on lexapro so after three weeks the doc prescribed 50mg zoloft and .5 mg X 3 per day klonpin to ward off possible...
S.C., Thanks for the encouragement! I have been keeping a journal, as per my therapist's request. It is helpful to look back and see how much better I feel versus 3 shorts weeks ago. I understand...
About 3 weeks ago, after being on the following for three weeks, I was switched off 5mg lexapro plus .5 mg klonopin X 2 per day to use as needed (which I didn't because I didn't fully know what that...
Got a new plan from the doc. Switching me off the 5 mg of lexapro to a starting dose of 25mg zoloft upping to 50mg after 6 days. He's mostly concerned about my weight loss due to the extreme side...
Update: Last night I had two full blow panic attacks after about a hour of sleep. I took 1/2 .05 mg of colazapam - once at midnight and once again at 6:15am this morning. Didn't do much of anything...
Thanks everyone! Out of the blue I had some brief relief from all symptoms for a couple of hours last evening. Then after about 25 mins of sleep I woke up with the same same horrible symptoms...
Brand new to lexapro and hoping for some encouragement. Have dealt, on my own, with mild anxiety throughout my life. Just general nervousness that would resolve once the the anxious situation ended....