Posted by Mariposa on December 5, 2003, at 10:56:10
In reply to new user, posted by jennielaughs on December 5, 2003, at 9:37:00
> Hello everybody. I am so glad that I found pyso-babble. I am having doubts about whether or not I should be taking Lexapro. I started having what I think are panic attacks about 2 weeks ago. My doctor perscribed Lexapro and this is only my second day on the drug. I take it at night. The first time I took 10mg and it was horrible. I felt extremely weird with cloudy thoughts, headaches, etc.
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> I reduced the dosage last night to 5mg and I am doing alot better. I notice that I do sleep all night but it is really hard for me to get out of bed in the morining. My eyes are even slightly swollen in the morning. I still have the constant headache, which I hope will go away.
> Due to the SE's, I can tell that this must be a serious drug.
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> I am wondering if I should stick with it even though I feel that I was diagnosed prematurely. I don't suffer from depression and I don't feel like I am overly anxious other than the sudden onset of panac attacks that I have never experienced before. ( I have been on Celexa in the past but it was only for a couple of months and several years ago)I find your post a little disturbing....is there more to your story??? You've only had a couple of attacks recently? Is there something going on in your life that might cause them (job, home life, etc.)? Of course, I am NO doctor, so this is just personal curiosity. What was your diagnosis?
Lex is a powerful drug, the initial side effects for me were severe, bad enough to make me want to quit. Then it took 9 weeks before I felt it was actually working, and things got a lot worse before they got better. My case though.... and I really DO need to take an anti-dep, it has made a HUGE difference for me (for the better!).
I started at 5mg, and in retrospect, I wish I had started at 2.5mg because the se's were so bad. The only positive is that bad as they were, all the side effects DID go away.
Best of luck to you!~~~8|8
poster:Mariposa
thread:109458
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