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Posted by Impermanence on June 12, 2004, at 21:20:23
10mg for five weeks then to 15mg, now seven weeks and I'm supposed to go to 20mg on wednesday, Hmmmmm. I'm so nervous all the time I can't even leave my room. I'm a mess, I feel so tired and worthless. All I seem able to do by myself is shower and brush my teeth, I havent shaved in a week. I feel irritated all the time, stressed out, angry, tired, fed up, fatigued, pulled apart. I get so touchy (angry) with anybody who talkes to me. I feel ill. My head feels so pressurized and my stomach feels like I've been taking speed all day. I never signed up for this hell. By what my pdoc and you people have said I should be feeling better by now, not "ten times worse". I want to cry, this is such a horrible drug, I'm just living in the hope that the s**t times will become feeling half way "normal". I've never felt like this on Effexor or Zispin. My shoulders feel like when they do when I have the flu. This can't be right.. I could understand this much suffering and anxiety when comming off the drug, not coming on... This is poison.
Posted by Impermanence on June 12, 2004, at 21:44:20
In reply to Lexapro is hell, yep me again. Not getting better., posted by Impermanence on June 12, 2004, at 21:20:23
Btw I know Effexor and Zizpin are not ssri's (before anyone bothers to tell me). Sorry I'm agitated. I know there is no cure here, I'm just feeling sorry for myself (which is a sad state of affairs considering what others are going through on this board).
Posted by holymama on June 13, 2004, at 7:42:55
In reply to Lexapro is hell, yep me again. Not getting better., posted by Impermanence on June 12, 2004, at 21:20:23
Those symptoms remind me of how I felt as I tried to wean off lexapro. Really tight shoulders, irritable where I felt like I nerves were shot -- if anyone touched me or spoke to me I felt like I would jump through the roof. I was also going through other drug additions/subtractions at the time, but I attributed most of it to lexapro. I went into the hospital to get through the rough time I was having. Now I've been out 10 days and I'm STILL on 10 mg lexapro. I can't seem to get off of it. I also had body temp changes off and on during the day that were uncomfortable, and wild mood swings. I too think lexapro is evil.
Posted by Mariposa on June 13, 2004, at 10:15:14
In reply to Re: Lexapro is hell, yep me again. Not getting better., posted by holymama on June 13, 2004, at 7:42:55
You guys really sound like you are miserable and I feel for you.
Impermanence - at 7 weeks I would think the worst of it should be over by now! I had terrible se's, just about every one mentioned in the literature and on this site. I spent my whole 2nd week in bed I was so bad off. But the se's began to subside at week 3, by week 5 I was feeling what you mention is going on with you now, and my pdoc upped my dose from 5mg to 10mg. It got imperceptibly better from there (I couldn't tell at the time but I was getting better), and by week 9 I finally realized the med was working. You sound so miserable, have you discussed w/doc?? Did he tell you to continue?? I would give it another week or 2 and if you still are miserable, I would start to think this med is not for you!!~~~8|8
Posted by shadows721 on June 13, 2004, at 21:14:02
In reply to Lexapro is hell, yep me again. Not getting better., posted by Impermanence on June 12, 2004, at 21:20:23
I am just wondering if the pdoc is increasing this med too fast. I would think with each increase there would be an adjustment. I initially started out on Buspar, because I didn't want a drug hard to withdraw from. It makes you dizzy upon the 1st 1/2 hour and then it pass. It feel like a weak antidepressant. Then, I added the 5 mg of Lexapro. I went through many weeks of stomach trouble and that yawning thing. I felt calmer, but sick. But, I was so darn sick with depression I couldn't function. I stuck with it no matter what. Then, the doc kicked it up to 10 mg. and added Seroquel to help me sleep. That stuff really works. Recently, a neurologist added Topamax low dose to help with a tremor and back pain. That has made me a human during PMS.
My point is Lexapro alone wasn't enough for me. I have tried to get off Buspar, but the anxiety increased ten fold. Another point, I would make adjustments with this med no faster than every month.
But, I can honestly tell you it doesn't sound like you are functioning very well and suffering too much. I think something should be added to the Lexapro like Buspar or a mood stabilizer If that doesn't work, I think a whole new drug maybe in order. Please don't settle for this state. This isn't healthy for you. It's sounds too like it might have lifted the depression a little bit and there is rage under it. That's just my feelings. Please keep me posted about any changes. I care to hear about you.
Posted by shadowmon on July 10, 2004, at 2:01:00
In reply to Re: Lexapro is hell, yep me again. Not getting better., posted by Mariposa on June 13, 2004, at 10:15:14
that sounds a lot of what I am going through with the lexapro. while the GAD symptoms that I had are gone, I'm just so depressed. I just feel "low" there's no reason for it,I dont want to do anything, I only sleep, I dont feel happy at all. I'm afraid that the dr will tell me that It's time to start another med... which I means I have to wean off of this one. I'm weak enough as it is, I don't know if I can handle another weaning.
Posted by holymama on July 10, 2004, at 12:05:54
In reply to Re: Lexapro is hell, yep me again. Not getting better., posted by shadowmon on July 10, 2004, at 2:01:00
shadowmon,
Is there any reason why you can't add a new AD while weaning off the lexapro? I am doing that right now -- trying a low dose (5 mg) or paxil while decreasing my lexapro from 12.5 to 10 mg. It actually brought me OUT of a depression to do it that way, rather than wean off the lexapro first, then start a new AD when I'm clear of the drug. It brought me out of a depression within 2 days -- the overlap somehow helped the paxil work quickly I guess. ANd this is day # 12 and I'm still feeling really good. Just stress to your pdoc that you are at your wit's end with depression and can't handle weaning off without also adding something else that will help. That is a very reasonable request and one that I'm sure a lot of us have made to our doctors. Depression can be completely untolerable and exhausting, and sometimes our own doctors don't understand the extent of the suffering we are going through. I hope this helps. ~~Autumn~~.
Posted by shadowmon on July 11, 2004, at 23:35:06
In reply to Re: Lexapro is hell, yep me again. Not getting better. » shadowmon, posted by holymama on July 10, 2004, at 12:05:54
I'm not sure. For the last 3 days, I've been kinda "out of it" no anxiety, but then again no real thoughts either, I fins myself spacing on the simplest thing. Mostly just lie in bed and sleep or try to sleep. I dont know if this is depression, or if it's the meds. I've even lost the little appatite the remeron once gave me during the day.
I'm not sure what to tell the pdoc about this medication, stay on and go off? I dont like the way I feel now, nor do I like the way I felt when he put me on them. The anxiety was terrible. I'm scared and dont know what to do.
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