Posted by galkeepinon on September 7, 2003, at 13:49:34
In reply to Lexapro and sleep, posted by Lev on September 6, 2003, at 17:06:18
That happened to me in the early part of treatment with lexparo, but it has passed and I sleep very well now, I hope it passes for you, it should. Lexapro seems to be a great med for depression and anxiety, just give it some time.
Never be ashamed to admit how you feel, I learned the hard way, it wasn't a joyful ride.
Docs are there to help ya.
I tried to take Lexapro at night for the same reason you wonder here but it didn't work *for me*. It seems the 'wiredness' of Lex happened about 6 or so hours after I took it, so I would wake up in the middle of the night, and that was IF I even fell asleep!
I'm on week 6 now of Lexapro and I still feel tired on it at times, but it's a *good* tired, it's more like a mellowness, calming feeling, like the med is supposed to do:-)
I'm not self-medicating like I was before with extra Klonopin or other meds~~Just so I could sleep and not feel. (another story) Hopefully it will pass for you and I wish you the best. Lexapro has really been a great med for me so far.
Good luck and let us know how you are doing!> I am on my 3rd day of using 10mg Lexapro and I'm experiencing the tired feeling that seems rather common for the majority of my day. This does bother me some (mainly concentration), even if it does help my anxiety issues.
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> My problem is that I can't really sleep at night. I've had problems sleeping for months and the doc said that since my Ambien wasn't really working for me (I didn't want to admit I had more than a sleeping problem) that Lexapro should eventually help because I won't be so nervous and depressed when I try to sleep.
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> I currently take Lexapro in the morning and I'm starting to wonder... if I take Lexparo at night instead, would there be a good chance that I would sleep better at night and not be so tired during the day? I would just try it myself, but I'd rather not screw up my schedule so early in taking the meds.
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> And also, after the initial side effects wear off, is it normal to still feel so tired after a few weeks/months?
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> Sorry if these questions were already brought up, I'm new here and couldn't find them. Thanks for the help, this board is a great resource.
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