Posted by flipsactown on August 16, 2004, at 10:12:26
In reply to A few questions about Lexapro, posted by krisdance83 on August 15, 2004, at 14:47:02
Currently taking 30mg Lexapro for over 2 months. First 2 weeks were bad for me in that I felt so tired that I just wanted to sleep. However, week 3 to 4, I had the opposite effect. I just could not sleep. My pdoc Rxed Ambien which took care of that, but I was still feeling fatigued. On day 45 (just over 6 weeks), I realized that my unipolar depression was all but gone. It has been over 2 months and my depression is gone. I still am fatigued and take Benadryl at bedtime to help me sleep. Hopefully, in time, the fatigueness will decrease. I started at 10mg of Lexapro and am still on 30mg currently. Other side effects were slight headaches and loss of appettite (acutally lost 10 lbs.). Also, I did not experience any sexual side effects. I am male. Good luck.
FST
> I've heard that Lexapro is much more mild than other drugs of it's kind but I am still nervous about taking it, as I have never taken any of these type of medications. I am very phobic of vomiting so I wanted to ask if vomiting is a common side-effect of Lexapro. Nausea is listed on the website but not vomitting specifically. Also, about how long does it take for the side effects to wear off? Would I feel normal after a few weeks or would the side effects persist the whole time I take the medication? Basially I just would like to know what to expect for side-effects and how long they would last. Also, my doctor told me that there are no withdrawal symptoms from Lex but I've read here that people have had some bad ones, so I would like some opinions on that if possible. Thank you so much for responding. I'm about to make another post about my story but this post is specifically so that I can get some info about the drug itself and it's effects. Thanks so much!!
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