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Hey, stick with the meds as long as you keep the doctor informed of how you are feeling and he/she says to continue taking them. I have been on lexapro a month now. There were crazyish side effects...
Welcome, this forum is awesome and everyone is quite helpful. Good luck!...
I take lexy for my problems. I am thinking of dropping to 5mg (the doctor said this would be ok for now) b/c of side effects: namely I get emotional blunting (I cannot cry or feel excited) and sexual...
HI, I am currently on 10 mg of lexapro. My doc is recommending buspar to combat the sexual side effects I am getting from lexapro. Has anyone ever been on this combo or had any experience with this...
HI, thanks for the advice guys. Actually, I have been seeing a CBT therapist for 3 months now and it has been quite helpful. I also read the Anxiety and Phobia workbook, which gave me a lot of...
I have another question for the peeps. Since I started lexapro I get these periods when I feel extremely hyper/happy and I feel like I can hardly contain my energy. I get a little scared, like I...
Anyone taking lexapro, could you tell me HOW LONG your initial side effects lasted. I have been on it three weeks and I feel less anxious. However, I find periods of agitation and fogginess. I just...
You are a hero to me for making it this far! Things will get better, just keep up the fight....
No worries, I called the doctor and he is going to give me a call back today. I should have called earlier because today is the sixth day, but I haven't gone beyond the indications of which I was...
I can't read my doctor's directions regarding my dosage. I am on my sixth day. I can't tell if my doctor wanted me to take 5mg for the first two weeks or 5mg for 5 days then up to 10mg. I know I have...
Oh yeah, and try not to focus on side effects, nervous people like us tend to conjure them up in our heads if we read them....
The suicide rick is scary. However, I think it is rare, and I think it happens quickly, with the first few days (I could be wrong). Plus, if you have any suicidal thoughts just discontinue the meds...
Thanks for the info Twiggygal and others, I appreciate the feedback. Hopefully after my medication sets in my dissociation will taper off....
Thanks Lyn :)...
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...
Did anyone have a lack of motivation at the start of lexapro usage? I just don't feel like doing ANYTHING!! Maybe it is just in my head, but I am usually amped up in the morning and ready to take on...
I was on Zoloft twice. Both times I stayed on for five years. Ride out the symptoms my friend. The second time I was on zoloft I had severe agitation and minor mania. I sweated it out. It payed off....
God bless you....
Wow, Twiggygal, you describe how I feel perfectly. I have been on about a month run of feeling that way now. :(...
Sounds like panic to me. I get like that when I am in uncomfortable situations sometimes. Often in stores. I get a very hot feeling, like everything is hazy and I have to get out ASAP. I have many...
Hang in there! Life goes in cycles. Things will turn up. You need not feel depressed about the husband at least, because you know damn well you were too good for him if he was going to drop and run...
Yeah, I am in class for 3 hours twice a week and they are bright bright flourscent lamps and it wears me out. I end up having bad DP/DR by the end of class....
I took Zoloft twice for five years each. Zoloft isn't a tricyclic, but they said it should have taken 3-6 weeks to kick in or whatever. I waited out three months almost each time before I was all...
I have had every disease in the book as far as I have thought. I told my therapist that in one day I had leukemia, bone cancer, and stomache cancer. She loved that. Don't worry my friend, you are not...
Thanks Lyn. I know I am not crazy. But I think the depersonalization aspects of anxiety jsut came too far to the front and I cannot cope. I have an appointment with a specialist next thursday. I hope...
Thanks. I am really in a rough way. I need to stop feeling this way and feel like myself again. I really feel like a ghost. I am not anyone. It feels like I died and my memories of who I was are...
Does anyone ever feel like their memories are not their own? I can't even look at a picture of myself because it feels like I don't recognize the person. I avoid mirrors because looking at myself...
Well, has anyone tried the Linden method??? I know it is popular in Britain, so let's hear it from the Brits as well if they have heard anything positive. I am looking for help with DP/DR and...
Thanks guys. I did take zoloft for 10 years and came off it in February. I also jog 30 minutes a day, even if it is raining. Life has been hard to deal with since then. I have had to move three times...
I have had anxiety since I was 18. I am 28 now. Latley, I get these feelings and/or thoughts which are called depersonalization/derealization. The DP is the WORST. It literally feels like I don't...
I am really worried about PVC's. Here is my situation. I get them often, at least 100 a week I am guessing. Sometimes they make me dizzy. I usually get them more when i am tired, stressed, over...