Sounds scary. Keep the ativan with you and see if you can get through the day. Hopefully it's just your anxious mind scaring you about nothing, I know i do it all the time. Best of luck today!...
My MD specializes in anxiety and takes usually 45 minutes to an hour with me discussing anything and everything. He'll prescribe meds but is hesitant if he thinks your pill shopping. He knows me well...
Unless your MD has ruled out any other diagnoses I'd say that's all anxiety related. I think some meds would do a great job at alleviating your pain until you can figure out the cause. I've felt many...
I've been having the irregular heart beating since this summer when I started Lex and Kpin. Not sure which one is doing it or maybe both but I think I'll get it checked out. In bed is the worst time...
Have been on 20mg Lexapro and .050 mg Klonopin for about 16 weeks. Once I got through the initial start up phase side effects things started looking up. I made the mistake of drinking 5 drinks (which...
I'll have to get with my Doc about some xanax. I like my Klonopins but they take too long to kick in. Best of luck, don't fret over any civil unrest just don't wear any political attire and you...
I had a bad relapse of anxiety yesterday and when it got dark I went for a walk around my neighborhood. It helped a lot just getting up and walking and breaking a small sweat. I can't see any down...
Klonopin has worked well for me. I've never taken more than 1 mg in a day and am now down to 1/4 Mg and will be off of it entirely in a month or so. I keep it around for when I see some dark clouds...
My best advice is the pain of the side effects have to be less severe than the pain you feel when suffering from your anxiety/depression symptoms for you to stick with it. For me there was no turning...
Losing a pet can be as hard as a loved one sometimes. I feel the pain you have as I lost my beloved calico a few years back. I was devastated and the only way I could cope was to adopt an identical...
I just hit the 9 week mark on Lexapro. I started on 10mg for a week then went to 15mg for about 5 weeks then the rest of the time on 20mg. On week 9 everything came back to normal, sleep, appetite,...
I drink a half cup of decaff every morning while on Lexapro but decaff doesn't count I guess. They say even decaff does have some caffeine in it but I've had no bad experiences as of yet....
20mg Lexapro once daily 1 mg Klonopin once daily (currently only taking .075mg daily and weening) Both for Social Anxiety and depression....
Chrissy, sounds like your on the right route. I've found patience is the key element with these meds. We all want immediate relief but it's not that way as you know. Stick with it and hopefully...
Glad to hear your tolerating it well. My guess is any bowel distress is attributed to something else. I started in 10mg and waiting three weeks then bumped up to 15mg for three weeks now I'm on 20mg...
So long as they've been in a climate controlled environment they should be fine for well beyond the expiration. I told my MD recently that I had taken some expired Klonopin that he had prescribed for...
I was on 20mg Lexapro when I retired from the military. Adjusting to civilian life and not having the structure started to cause depression. I took Lexapro for about 8 years and drank as much as I...
Years ago when I was in the Service we had a mandatory social function that notoriously turned into a night of heavy drinking. One of my guys was a recovering alcoholic and he requested to be absent...
This sounds like the perfect scenario for Xanax, Ativan or Klonopin. If there's any possible way to see your Doc and get just a small prescription you'd be amazed at how well you'd be able to manage...
Just like PS, I thought I had beaten the beast for years and it came back with a vengeance this summer. I waited two months hoping it would go away and was using some left over Klonopin I had from an...
I was on it for about 2 years then quit almost cold turkey, not smart but I didn't know any different. Second time I cut 25% every two weeks or so from 20mg down to the smallest piece I could cut. I...
My GP wrote me a script for Lexapro and it cost me less than $10 cash. Like mentioned before why can't your original prescriber just call in a refill wherever you are presently at?...
Please give it a chance. Even though each day you might have a new or worsening side effect in some way you are actually getting better you just don't know it. I'm on day 26 of Lexapro and it's...
No two peoples experiences on meds can possibly be the same because our dna is all different. Please be patient if possible, I know it's hard when you feel so horrible. Sometime reading all the posts...
Those start up doses seem kind of low but I'm not the prescriber. My MD started me on 20 mg which was way too high and I backed it off to 10mg and that seems to be doing the trick. I've been on it...
Coffee is bad juju when anxious, I went to half a cup of decaff and it's not had a negative effect. Some foods can make things worse. I think there's some info on this site about it. Stick with the...
Doubt you'd have any real drastic side effects. Worst case is you drop back off to 5 mg and try again later. Nothing ventured.........:)...
Glad to hear your feeling much better. I take .05-1mg Klonopin if I feel a rise in anxiety. Suffering is so unnecessary when you can take a medication along with learning coping skills and get back...
I was hesitant to take Lexapro at first but I had two choices. One, live in chronic pain or live life happily and get on with my life. The answer was easy for me at that point. He's the only one that...
No real headaches I can recall. Make sure you drink plenty of water, I drink close to 64 oz a day. Partial dehydration can lead to awful headaches. The anxiety of starting up a new medicine regime...
I'm 53 and have been getting those most of my life. Any EKG's I had in the service all were fine. I'm not saying don't worry about it but so long as I don't have any real chest pain from it I don't...
I've only been on Lex so I can't help you with an alternative med. My Doc retired after almost 40 years and opened up a cash only practice. He charged me $60 for my visit and saw me the same day I...
I was originally prescribed 20mg but couldn't handle the initial startup side effects. Backed off to 10mg and everything is stable. I need to contact my MD to inquire about going to 20mg but would...
I've felt the same way and through being a hard head figured I'd feel better the next day then the next and so on. If you don't start feeling better quickly through the resources provided here...
What are your plans? There's got to be something out there that will agree with you. Don't give up....
Everyone is different of course but I started on 10mg twelve days ago and am starting to feel much better. General rule of thumb is 4-6 weeks but you should feel at least some improvement soon. Drink...
Update, 12 days on 10mg Lexapro and things are improving daily. I'm taking less than 1mg Klonopin to assist in the transition as well. I'm prepared for setbacks if they occur but my mind is calmer...
I went on Lexapro when I got out of the service in 2003 for about 2 years. Went back on it in 2014 for a year and am now getting back on it in the last week. It worked well for me with the usual...
Last Monday during an eye exam I started getting extremely anxious and that's when I made my mind up to end these months of suffering. As soon as I paid up I called my Doc before I got to my car and...
I meant to say that I drink a little decaf and it doesn't see to hype me up at all. My Doc gives me Klonopin for situational anxiety but he said I need Lex for eternity because of my genetics. It's...
I take a multi vitamin on Lex with no problems that I know of. I don't drink decaf just because I don't need to by hyped up when I'm trying to overall relax Three months is plenty of time to feel a...
I felt mine creeping in as far back as March of this year. It's a subtle slow onset, muscle tightness, general fatigue, loss of interest. I knew it was coming and was med free and kept thinking it...
I had that warm flushed feeling when I took my first 20mg, got kind of lightheaded and sort of vertigo. Next pill I split it to 10mg, no way was I ready for 20. Do what your body tells you unless you...
Just curious, this is my second time on 1mg K-pin and 10 mg Lexapro. The K-pins in the past whether taken alone in .012, .025, .05 or 1 mg doses always did the trick within an hour. Now that I'm on...
My recent script for Lexapro was 20mg once daily. I took in the first day and suffered the strangest bout of vertigo/nausea episode at work. I immediately cut the 20's in half so as not to experience...
Thanks Kat, I've read tons of books, yoga, deep breathing, exercise, aromatherapy etc but nothing seems to keep it at bay forever not even my fat calico can keep the demos at bay. I'm convinced this...
New to here but a lifelong sufferer of anxiety and subsequent depression episodes. 53 year old Male, veteran, single, no kids, in shape, own my own successful business. All appears to be well on the...