Posted by sfmom on October 28, 2003, at 9:48:01
In reply to Re: Lexapro for anxiety/switching pm to am » sfmom, posted by Mariposa on October 27, 2003, at 22:05:08
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> I took my Lex a couple of hours ago and my ankles are killing me right now and I'm feeling really anxious, although yogurt seems to be helping with the nausea. If this continues, I don't know if I'm going to be able to stay on Lexapro. It's only been five days and I'm supposed to go up to 20 mg after two weeks!
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> The initial side effects can be quite bothersome, but they should taper off and go away. The worst was over for me after 2nd week, mostly gone after 5th week.
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> I started at 5mg, went to 10mg 5th week, and 20mg at 5 months. May I ask, why the big rush to go up to 20mg?~~~8|8The quick answer is because my pdoc said so. The longer answer is that I have been totally non-functioning because of anxiety and panic attacks and since Lex is mainly for depression, she wants to get me up to a higher dose quicker so it can work for the anxiety too and I can taper off the Klonopin which she doesn't want me to stay on too long. Also, I'm out on disability only until Dec 1 so she wanted to get me functioning before then so I can go back to work. Anyway, this is how it was explained to me, don't know how much truth it holds. I was planning to take my Lex this morning in hopes of being able to sleep better tonight but am putting it off in fear of feeling sick the rest of the day. The joint pressure and pain seems to be getting worse with every dose. There's got to be something to help with this! Have you heard of anything that lessens it? My mom said to try calcium (sp?) but that's mainly for cramping, not joint pain and jerking.
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