Posted by stella1 on December 6, 2002, at 10:31:26
In reply to Anyone switched to Lexapro? « ggrrl, posted by Dr. Bob on June 11, 2002, at 7:52:48
I was on Celexa for 3 months - I really liked what it did for my anxiety. I started taking SSRI's for Anxiety, and as a PostTraumatic Stress treatment. There were some mild sexual side effects, ohter than that everything was ok, except I was really shaky- almost as though I were shivering from the cold all day, my muscles were really tight. My Dr. suggested I try Lexapro - it was to have fewer s/e, and he thought I might maintain the good effects it was having on my anxiety while getting rid of the jitteriness. After two months on Lexapro - I have just switched back to Celexa. The Lexapro made my anxiety much worse, I went home with sore shoulders nearly every day, and i could not sleep. I was surprised at how anxious it made me - I was really unpatient, my jind was alwaysa racing, I was analyzing everything, I was intolerable in traffic etc.
Has anyone else experienced this? I thought Lexapro was supposed to be better?
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