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Posted by trucker on August 24, 2003, at 23:57:41
In reply to Re: 1st week help??? hog80ci, posted by Treb on August 24, 2003, at 23:50:14
> Although I figured there must be some folks like me out there, I didn't see eveidence of it until I stumbled on this list.
>
> The Lexapro did a number on my intestines for two days - I thought I was going to need Depends! :)
>
> Also, my libido is coming back for the first time in many medicine trial and errors. I think this Lexapro is for me! Thanks, Treb/////////////////////////////////////////////////
glad to hear things are looking up. i was about as low as i could go and still exist. zoloft got me out of bed but killed my sex drive. now on lex the damn thing has woken up screaming
"feed me"
my husband can't beleive its true. every now and then he'll peek around the corner and say any one hungry... if you catch my drift. that never happened on zoloft because there was no desire at all.
take care and GOD bless!
trucker
Posted by galkeepinon on August 25, 2003, at 0:09:37
In reply to Re: 1st week help??? hog80ci » Treb, posted by trucker on August 24, 2003, at 23:57:41
hey trucker:-) how long have you been on the Lexapro now? I ask because I'm starting to get an appetite again~like a big one. I'm starting to eat and I'm not really hungry~if that makes sense???
> > Although I figured there must be some folks like me out there, I didn't see eveidence of it until I stumbled on this list.
> >
> > The Lexapro did a number on my intestines for two days - I thought I was going to need Depends! :)
> >
> > Also, my libido is coming back for the first time in many medicine trial and errors. I think this Lexapro is for me! Thanks, Treb
>
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////
> glad to hear things are looking up. i was about as low as i could go and still exist. zoloft got me out of bed but killed my sex drive. now on lex the damn thing has woken up screaming
> "feed me"
> my husband can't beleive its true. every now and then he'll peek around the corner and say any one hungry... if you catch my drift. that never happened on zoloft because there was no desire at all.
> take care and GOD bless!
> trucker
Posted by BLKVETTES on August 25, 2003, at 0:21:41
In reply to Re: 1st week help??? hog80ci, posted by Treb on August 24, 2003, at 23:50:14
Hi there, just a little concerned about you mentioning blood in your stool. Ever have this before lexapro. Have you been constipated with lexapro. Any stomach pain? I had blood in my stool before lexapro and then after. But I had stomach problems and then constipation. I had the 2 scopes done, one down the throat and the one up the rear. They more or less put you to sleep for these. Drink plenty of water its very very important. Could be lexapro just irritating your system and it will go away in time. Sorry about your husband not understanding!!!!!!!! TAKE CARE!!!
WAYNE
Posted by galkeepinon on August 25, 2003, at 0:27:38
In reply to Re: 1st week help??? hog80ci, posted by honey74 on August 24, 2003, at 20:56:25
Please get that blood on your stool checked out~~not good. Have you had that before? I had the ups and downs ins and outs should I say (shivers)of the bowel tests. I haven't had any bleeding on the Lexapro, but concerned if you're having that:-(
Do you have a history of colitis or Chrohn's Disease?
Keep us posted please, if you feel comfortable of course.
Take the best of care ok?!
> I was totally feeling alone until I stumbled into this site. It's kind of difficult to get support at home, my husband thinks I can just snap out of it, and make everything okay again. I've beeen trying to do that for 3 months and finally I had to talk to my doctor about it. I was thinking about death every day and it was really starting to get me down. Doctor prescribed Lexapro and I'm on my 4th day now. My teeth are killing me...er, I mean, they are hurting really bad. :) I'm trying the gum thing, but my teeth hurt so much that I can only chew on one side. Thank you all for contributing to this site, I'll keep coming back. Was wondering if anyone else noticed blood in their stools during the first week. Trying not to panic, but I'm starting to worry.
>
>
> > "Do you think it's because we are trying to fight the feelings we had before we had the Lexapro in our systems but the med or the chemicals/mechanisms actions in the med are preventing that from happening? Just a thought........lol"
> >
> > That could well be it! Yes, I saw the teeth thread and that prompted me to start posting. One sometimes feels alone until they read of other's experiences. This is a big help! Thanks. Treb
>
>
Posted by lil' jimi on August 25, 2003, at 0:46:23
In reply to Hey lil' jimi I went up to 15mg, posted by theump on August 24, 2003, at 21:53:53
hi Renee!
> Hey lil'Jimi, did you move your dose up yet?
>
> The Ump aka - Reneei haven't moved up ... ... ... yet!
so you win the pool! .... HA!
sorry the relationship didn't work out ...
... great to hear the guy's cool and being a positive supporter there !
Nice!... and thank you for thinking of me ...
... great to hear from you
and hear your good news!take care!
~ jim
Posted by lil' jimi on August 25, 2003, at 1:33:36
In reply to Re: 1st week help??? hog80ci, posted by honey74 on August 24, 2003, at 20:56:25
hi Honey 74,
you wrote:
> I was totally feeling alone until I stumbled into this site. It's kind of difficult to get support at home, my husband thinks I can just snap out of it, and make everything okay again. I've been trying to do that for 3 months and finally I had to talk to my doctor about it. I was thinking about death every day and it was really starting to get me down. Doctor prescribed Lexapro and I'm on my 4th day now. My teeth are killing me...er, I mean, they are hurting really bad. :) I'm trying the gum thing, but my teeth hurt so much that I can only chew on one side. Thank you all for contributing to this site, I'll keep coming back. Was wondering if anyone else noticed blood in their stools during the first week. Trying not to panic, but I'm starting to worry.
>... and Welcome to the place for support and concern for all Lexapro folks and some of their family too ...
... my 4th day was rough ... you sound like you're doing pretty darn swell, under the circumstances there ...
... husbands! ... (i'm one) ... what is their deal? ... ... i seem to remember something like ... "In sickness and in health ..." when somebody was making vows?... i did have blood in my stools ... and nose bleeds as well when i began lexapro, during my first week ...
... however, i had just had a physical and had just done the stool specimens for occult blood ... ... so i had been completely checked out ... ... including, within like a month of starting lexapro, a colonoscopy ... ....
... ... so i knew i had nothing sneaking up on me ... and it is clear now that i had hemorrhoids ... hence blood.... you do definitely want to have your docotor check this out to make sure it's alright ... ... nothing to have to be guessing about while trying to handle the emotional rollercoaster lex can take you on that 1st several weeks there ....
... also you want to give your doctor a complete rundown of ever SE you've gotten, just to keep them up-to-date, and to make 'em earn their money too!and Wayne's right about water ... drink LOTS of water ... lex will try to dehydrate you ... ... been feeling extra thristy lately ? ... .... ... nature's way to saying "You're getting dehydrated !" ....
... i've been using metamucil, but i'm thinking of trying citricel ... ... now at 52 i'm finding soluble fiber is one of my nutritional supplements ... ... HA!! (he laughs at himself!)
hang in there.. .. .. take care .....
... and try to talk to that husband of yours ...
... some of us are trying to Improve husbands' reputations ... ! ... HA!do take care!
~ jim
Posted by honey74 on August 25, 2003, at 13:16:31
In reply to honey74??? » honey74, posted by galkeepinon on August 25, 2003, at 0:27:38
No history of colitis or crohn's disease. i just spent a month in the hospital for dvt and anemia though, so the blood worries me a little. plus i'm on the blood thinners, so i'm wondering if that has anything to do with it. i just had an endoscopy and colonoscopy a month ago, so i think that probably rules out something really bad...i hope. if i could get a straight answer from one of my 12,000 doctors maybe i wouldn't have so much anxiety.
Posted by lil' jimi on August 25, 2003, at 14:42:06
In reply to re: jc12578, posted by jc12578 on August 23, 2003, at 8:56:08
hi again jc12578,
thanks for your response ... ... i like to read ... ... but i do appreciate you going to the trouble to write your story down for us ... ... and you have my sympathies for what you've had to go through ... So Far !
... ... good luck looking for the meds for you there ... ...
... ... i wish i had some good information for you, but i know so little of the psychopharmacological specifics .... .... and yours are very complex ... ...... ... best of fortunes with your education too!
take care,
~ jim> > hi jc12578,
> >
> > > well I have been more or less going through depression for more then 9 years since high school pretty much...about 3 years ago the crying and social withdrawal started...and I went in a got put on "the pills"....I have been on I think it's 6 different antidepressants and countless others to "help me metabolize them better"...so far with no success and some new and added symptoms to my depression...I have become bullemic and had several "successful"(don't know what that means...I am still alive) suicide attempts, plus I am into hurting myself...currently I am living with my mother and looking for a new psychologist cause I have yet to find one that I can even talk to....so thats that...phew...too much info
> > >
> >
> > thanks for the additional info, but (if it's not too much?) i'll ask for some more detail ...
> >
> > ... which ADs have you tried?
> > ... which ones for how long?
> > ... which supplements were used with which ADs?
> > ... what dosage and for how long were you on
> lexapro?
> > ... how did the other ADs compare with your lexapro experience?
> >
> > it sometimes helps to be able to put your experience into the context of your history ...
> > thanks for your reply!
> >
> > best of luck!
> > ~ jim
> >
> >
>
>
> get ready for a lot of reading...since ~2001 I have been on
>
> Elavil I worked up to 250 a day and was on it for like 2 months and my birth control was changed to Ortho Novum 1/50 cause specualted that it was a hormone imbalance and occasional progesterone/estrogen therapy along with that then
>
> Zoloft Due to a pharmacy error I took too much and went really crazy...actually saw stuff crawiling on me...I was supposed to take 50 2x or half of a 100 2 times a day and the and the pharmicist put 200 2x's a day and when i questioned him he said the doc had it wrong and this was what the doc wanted...SO DEPRESSION RULE 1 WAS LEARNED...OBEY NO ONE BLINDLY AND TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT....cause when I went into the ER shaking and freaking out it was chalked off as a suicide attempt and the only person wong was me...so that ended that pill and a lot of my faith in the hope that medicine may be a way to help me..
>
> Prozac was after that I was on that the longest almost a year...went from 20 daily to 120 in like 6 months daily and this is when stuff started getting added:
>
> Ativan...to help the insomnia...didn't work 2 months on that
>
> valium...same purpose I went up to 10 mg...stopped after 1 month
>
> flexaril...I have no clue why that was added...took I think it was 50 a day and turned into a zombie for 2 months
>
> *****
> new doctor...more meds
>
>
> got a new gen prac. and she added elavil back to mix 10 mg day for a month...then next month added klonopin...like 1mg 2 times a day...then I stopped sleeping so she added temeazepam twice a day...I think it was 25 each time...that didn't work so to that coctail she added trazadone 100 mg at bed time...I started gaining weight and so she puts me on zynthroid twice daily...2 multi vitamins, plus folic acid and an additional B compex daily...I was also still on the hormones and birth control plus migraine meds (phenorgan and fiornial as needed) plus nexium for my tummy...it was between 22 and 30 pills daily and then after I was a vegatable trying to wok on my masters she suggested I see a psych...which had not been suggested before as i am a member of an HMO (or so thats what I blame it on)...so I start seeing a doc and she switches the prozac for Effexor...was on that for a month and then put back on prozac the 120 mgs daily...Meanwhile I have a growing stock of pills and I keeps asking to be taken off of one or another and I tried quitting some on my own and got so sick.....so one night I took a handful of stuff and drove to the ER...hoping that they would see all of that stuff waas bad to have around...well they didn't and I went that next am and I was given refills of what I left at the ER and to replace what I took and I went home and took it all plus a bottle of tylenol...a friend/neighbor of mine came over to borrow milk and found me almost dead and called 911 and by some miracle I have yet to understand I lived without having my stomach pumped just a few days in the ICU and lots of charcoal later they realeased me and let me go with prescriptions for EVERYTHING AGAIN....I left the scrips at the hospital and moved in with my mom went to a doctor here and now have to pay for everything out of pocket cause HMO will not cover hospital here...even tho my doctors were total morons...and he put me on celexa for 2 months and then pharmacy didn't have it one month so I got lexapro instead and was told it was same and to basically take it and shut up...so I started on lexapro and stayed on that so as not to finish shutting down my body slowly and painfully...so I hope that answers all the questions...basically I feel like a victim of poor medicine and maybe not so much poor drugs...wow too much stuff...well now I am supposed to be on 30 of lexapro a day but I took myself off last week cold turkey cause I kept blacking out...I want to be put on something else 1 medication that dosen't make me black out as i need to be conscious to work on my PhD
>
> jc
>
Posted by lil' jimi on August 25, 2003, at 15:18:47
In reply to Still reading, still hanging..., posted by pumpkin on August 23, 2003, at 20:00:40
hey pumpkin!
> Enjoy all your posts....
good to hear from you!
how's it going?keep hanging!
~ jim
Posted by theump on August 25, 2003, at 17:33:17
In reply to The Ump!, posted by lil' jimi on August 25, 2003, at 0:46:23
Hi Jim,
Today is my 3rd day on the 15mg. I was really tired around lunchtime but I think that was just from a really long weekend. I have a few of the sore bumps on my face again, but so far nothing else to mention. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Renee
> hi Renee!
>
> > Hey lil'Jimi, did you move your dose up yet?
> >
> > The Ump aka - Renee
>
> i haven't moved up ... ... ... yet!
>
> so you win the pool! .... HA!
>
> sorry the relationship didn't work out ...
> ... great to hear the guy's cool and being a positive supporter there !
> Nice!
>
> ... and thank you for thinking of me ...
> ... great to hear from you
> and hear your good news!
>
> take care!
> ~ jim
Posted by danstan on August 25, 2003, at 17:57:52
In reply to Re: Anyone switched to Lexapro? « ggrrl, posted by OceanMist on August 18, 2003, at 6:29:54
Hi. I'm new to the group - just found it today, in fact. Someone may have answered these questions back in the distant past, but I couldn't find the answers while poking around.
I was on Prozac for several years before switching to Celexa in May of 2003 (I switched because no matter what I tried, being on Prozac left me feeling fatigued and sleepy much of the time). I found that Celexa (40 mg) wasn't as effective as Prozac in treating my symptoms. On the advice of my doctor, I switched to Lexapro (10 mg) last week.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone had experience with switching from 40 mg of Celexa to 10 mg of Lexapro? Is this dosage high enough, or should I expect to need to increase at some point?
2. I seem to be experiencing some side effects (dizziness, sleepiness, and upset stomach) from Lexapro. Is the normal, considering that I switched from Celexa?
3. If I do continue to feel fatigued and sleepy, does anyone have any suggestions on things I might try?Thanks in advance,
dan
Posted by BLKVETTES on August 25, 2003, at 18:47:08
In reply to Re: honey74???, posted by honey74 on August 25, 2003, at 13:16:31
> No history of colitis or crohn's disease. i just spent a month in the hospital for dvt and anemia though, so the blood worries me a little. plus i'm on the blood thinners, so i'm wondering if that has anything to do with it. i just had an endoscopy and colonoscopy a month ago, so i think that probably rules out something really bad...i hope. if i could get a straight answer from one of my 12,000 doctors maybe i wouldn't have so much anxiety.
Hi there, I know about the 12,000 doctors. For me at the worst of my panic and anxiety I was always at the hospital or family doctor. 3000 tests later oh my gosh I was diagnosed by someone who was not even a doctor. Good for me though, I have had a complete physical worth about $100,000 to the insurance company. Fat chance of getting me back to the doctors office anytime soon. Glad you have had all the scopes done. I guess that rules out anything major. Drink your water, take your vitamins and eat some good food. Sounds like everything should be ok with time!!! TAKE CARE!!!
WAYNE
Posted by hog80ci on August 25, 2003, at 19:25:12
In reply to Success when switching from Celexa?, posted by danstan on August 25, 2003, at 17:57:52
Hi Dan
Welcome to the group. I just found it recently too. Great amount of info here. I started Lex a week ago Weds. I'm on 10 mgs now and go up to 20 this thurs. Lex is a more potent form of celexa and it looks like the dosages don't need to be quite as high. We've all had side effects. The nausea is diminishing and I'm starting to actually "feel" a little better. Pretty much everyone says to just hang in there and the side effects will back off after a few weeks.Take care
Jim
Posted by hog80ci on August 25, 2003, at 19:33:33
In reply to Re: Teeth Grinding on LexCarla » hog80ci, posted by galkeepinon on August 23, 2003, at 22:14:18
Yeah...that's me..everything's a joke. I'll be getting a mouth guard or something. I just might be doing it in my sleep. Can't seem to stop during the day. Catch myself all the time. And it's not like I can talk about it at work...
Jim
Posted by vandy on August 25, 2003, at 20:48:33
In reply to Success when switching from Celexa?, posted by danstan on August 25, 2003, at 17:57:52
In regard to the tiredness: Only thing I found that works and works consistently is a brisk walk for about 1/2 hour to 40 minutes. It's the last thing you feel like doing but for some strange reason, if you can summon the effort, it's miraculous.
Posted by JCServant7 on August 25, 2003, at 22:36:46
In reply to Success when switching from Celexa?, posted by danstan on August 25, 2003, at 17:57:52
> Hi. I'm new to the group - just found it today, in fact. Someone may have answered these questions back in the distant past, but I couldn't find the answers while poking around.
>
> I was on Prozac for several years before switching to Celexa in May of 2003 (I switched because no matter what I tried, being on Prozac left me feeling fatigued and sleepy much of the time). I found that Celexa (40 mg) wasn't as effective as Prozac in treating my symptoms. On the advice of my doctor, I switched to Lexapro (10 mg) last week.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Has anyone had experience with switching from 40 mg of Celexa to 10 mg of Lexapro? Is this dosage high enough, or should I expect to need to increase at some point?
> 2. I seem to be experiencing some side effects (dizziness, sleepiness, and upset stomach) from Lexapro. Is the normal, considering that I switched from Celexa?
> 3. If I do continue to feel fatigued and sleepy, does anyone have any suggestions on things I might try?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> danDan -
The side effects you are describing are usual when first beginning Lexapro. I am feeling the same thing as you.. the dizziness, the tiredness, the stomach problems. It tends to get lesser with time. I don't feel half as bad as I did that first week or so. Your body just has to get used to the new drug.
Lexapro is better because they've isolated the molecule that does the good stuff and leaves the bad stuff out. I think your doctor may increase the dose to 20 mg if he thinks you aren't responding the way you should be.
You came to the right place, and feel free to continue to ask the questions. None are unimportant here.
Steve
Posted by galkeepinon on August 25, 2003, at 22:46:08
In reply to Re: Teeth Grinding on LexCarla, posted by hog80ci on August 25, 2003, at 19:33:33
You can also buy those mouthguards in Sportmarts or Big 5's depending on where you are~~you know, sport stores.
I'm sorry~~I hope I didn't offend you? You just seem like you have a sense of humor and when you said "like I would know if I clench my jaw~I'm sleeping" I thought that was funny. I, in no way meant that YOU were a joke:( I didn't offend ya did I? Just checkin:-)
Hang in there.> Yeah...that's me..everything's a joke. I'll be getting a mouth guard or something. I just might be doing it in my sleep. Can't seem to stop during the day. Catch myself all the time. And it's not like I can talk about it at work...
>
> Jim
Posted by trucker on August 25, 2003, at 23:13:08
In reply to Re: 1st week help??? hog80ci » trucker, posted by galkeepinon on August 25, 2003, at 0:09:37
four months or so, i can't really remember i'll have to ask my sdoc to tell ya the truth. hopefully ill see her soon. she is out on medical leave. polips in the intestins i don't know if it is cancer. shes been gone a month. i went thru the bowel trouble and the laziness, and the nausea, however thank GOD it does pass.
take care
trucker//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////> hey trucker:-) how long have you been on the Lexapro now? I ask because I'm starting to get an appetite again~like a big one. I'm starting to eat and I'm not really hungry~if that makes sense???
>
>
>
>
>
> > > Although I figured there must be some folks like me out there, I didn't see eveidence of it until I stumbled on this list.
> > >
> > > The Lexapro did a number on my intestines for two days - I thought I was going to need Depends! :)
> > >
> > > Also, my libido is coming back for the first time in many medicine trial and errors. I think this Lexapro is for me! Thanks, Treb
> >
> > /////////////////////////////////////////////////
> > glad to hear things are looking up. i was about as low as i could go and still exist. zoloft got me out of bed but killed my sex drive. now on lex the damn thing has woken up screaming
> > "feed me"
> > my husband can't beleive its true. every now and then he'll peek around the corner and say any one hungry... if you catch my drift. that never happened on zoloft because there was no desire at all.
> > take care and GOD bless!
> > trucker
>
>
Posted by completelypsycho on August 26, 2003, at 11:24:37
In reply to Re: 1st week help??? hog80ci » galkeepinon, posted by trucker on August 25, 2003, at 23:13:08
I have been on efexxor for almost 3 years and was changed to Lexapro a few days ago...I don't know if the problems I'm having now are from the change in med's or what but God theres a lot of them. If someone could let me know I would appreciate it. I was fine the first 2 days but on the 3rd day...lightheaded, short of breath, dizzy, shakey, heart running away..like I was having an anxiety attach that I couldn't control...I went to bed it was so bad and then all hell broke loose...dream's that I couldn't breath, that I was having a heart attack and on and on until I woke my self up and then the other side effects hit again....this is the 4th day and I did not take it today I went back to the Effexor and have a call into my doctor to find out if that was a good thing or not...any suggestions......oh and I still feel really shakey and all the other side effects are still there I assume they will go away in a couple days or at least I sure hope so...any help or am I going completely psycho????? HELP!!
Posted by lil' jimi on August 26, 2003, at 12:00:04
In reply to Re: Lexapro is a NO for me!!, posted by completelypsycho on August 26, 2003, at 11:24:37
hi there Completely,
you posted:
> I have been on efexxor for almost 3 years and was changed to Lexapro a few days ago...I don't know if the problems I'm having now are from the change in med's or what but God theres a lot of them. If someone could let me know I would appreciate it. I was fine the first 2 days but on the 3rd day...lightheaded, short of breath, dizzy, shakey, heart running away..like I was having an anxiety attach that I couldn't control...I went to bed it was so bad and then all hell broke loose...dream's that I couldn't breath, that I was having a heart attack and on and on until I woke my self up and then the other side effects hit again....this is the 4th day and I did not take it today I went back to the Effexor and have a call into my doctor to find out if that was a good thing or not...any suggestions......oh and I still feel really shakey and all the other side effects are still there I assume they will go away in a couple days or at least I sure hope so...any help or am I going completely psycho????? HELP!! >
>sorry to hear it's going rough there for you ... ...
... ... for what it's worth, no, you're not going completely pyscho ... really.... ... the "discontinuation syndrome" aka withdrawals, for effexor are pretty notorious, all by themselves
... ... then add in the lexapro start-up side-effects ... ... never the best of times there
... ... it was a comfort to me to read the earlier eras of this thread while i was going through the adaptation SEs ... ... lots of good information there ...your effexor is an snri and lexapro is an ssri ... ... by quitting the effexor and starting the lexapro, we may presume that your norepinephrine quits having its reuptake inhibited selectively, just as the ol' serotonin gets thrown into its selective reuptake inhibition ... ... now ain't that a recipe for neurotransmitter melt-down ?
... ... we should expect SEs until all them neurotransmitters get a chance to restabilize into their new equillibrium ... 'cause them unstable neurotranmitters will cause you all kind of heck
... ... know what i mean? .. ... and i think you do ... ...... and of course quitting the lex and going back to effexor works the same neurotransmitter bad news in reverse ... ... in short, no fun ...
... ... i'd figure you'd have 3 or 5 weeks of lex adaptation SEs ... plus that and more for effexor withdrawals .. ... .. then a few weeks before the benefits of lex would kick in ...
... that is IF you were to go the lexapro route ...... ... what was your effexor start up like ?
... ... what dosage were you on ?
... ... what were/are you being treated for ?
.. .... why Did you quit effexor?thanks for your contribution to our thread ... ... please let us hear about how you are doing! ... please?
try to hang in there ... i'm pulling for you!take care!
~ jim
Posted by lil' jimi on August 26, 2003, at 12:24:02
In reply to Re: The Ump!, posted by theump on August 25, 2003, at 17:33:17
hi Renee,
i'm keeping my fingers crossed for you too ...
... ... i am warming myself up for a move up ...
... just not _right_ now
... maybe next week ....please keep me posted ... ... my 'move up', buddy!
take care,
~ jim> Hi Jim,
>
> Today is my 3rd day on the 15mg. I was really tired around lunchtime but I think that was just from a really long weekend. I have a few of the sore bumps on my face again, but so far nothing else to mention. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
>
> Renee
>
> > hi Renee!
> >
> > > Hey lil'Jimi, did you move your dose up yet?
> > >
> > > The Ump aka - Renee
> >
> > i haven't moved up ... ... ... yet!
> >
> > so you win the pool! .... HA!
> >
> > sorry the relationship didn't work out ...
> > ... great to hear the guy's cool and being a positive supporter there !
> > Nice!
> >
> > ... and thank you for thinking of me ...
> > ... great to hear from you
> > and hear your good news!
> >
> > take care!
> > ~ jim
>
>
Posted by koko on August 26, 2003, at 13:15:27
In reply to Anyone switched to Lexapro? « ggrrl, posted by Dr. Bob on June 11, 2002, at 7:52:48
Posted by BLKVETTES on August 26, 2003, at 14:04:42
In reply to Re: Lexapro is a NO for me!!, posted by completelypsycho on August 26, 2003, at 11:24:37
> I have been on efexxor for almost 3 years and was changed to Lexapro a few days ago...I don't know if the problems I'm having now are from the change in med's or what but God theres a lot of them. If someone could let me know I would appreciate it. I was fine the first 2 days but on the 3rd day...lightheaded, short of breath, dizzy, shakey, heart running away..like I was having an anxiety attach that I couldn't control...I went to bed it was so bad and then all hell broke loose...dream's that I couldn't breath, that I was having a heart attack and on and on until I woke my self up and then the other side effects hit again....this is the 4th day and I did not take it today I went back to the Effexor and have a call into my doctor to find out if that was a good thing or not...any suggestions......oh and I still feel really shakey and all the other side effects are still there I assume they will go away in a couple days or at least I sure hope so...any help or am I going completely psycho????? HELP!!
Hi, a lot of this sounds like withdrawal to me. What stands out most of what you wrote was the part about dreaming you could not breathe. I would wake up this way gasping for air not knowing if it was part of the dream or reality. This happened a few times and its something I hope never happens again. When one goes cold turkey off a med this can happen. I got sweats, head zaps, fever, nightmares, shaking, stomach pain, upset stomach, at times I really thought I was dying. You writing on this board looking for answers once again tells me your dealing with a doctor that may have had no clue this Could happen. I doubt it had nothing to do with the lexapro as much as coming off effexor. This can happen with stopping any med cold turkey. Thats one reason Im not a fan of jumping from one med to another like you did. Like in your case you want to blame lexapro as others have. Not your fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAYNE
Posted by BLKVETTES on August 26, 2003, at 14:08:10
In reply to re: The Ump!, posted by lil' jimi on August 26, 2003, at 12:24:02
> hi Renee,
>
> i'm keeping my fingers crossed for you too ...
> ... ... i am warming myself up for a move up ...
> ... just not _right_ now
> ... maybe next week ....
>
> please keep me posted ... ... my 'move up', buddy!
>
> take care,
> ~ jim
>
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > Today is my 3rd day on the 15mg. I was really tired around lunchtime but I think that was just from a really long weekend. I have a few of the sore bumps on my face again, but so far nothing else to mention. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
> >
> > Renee
> >
> > > hi Renee!
> > >
> > > > Hey lil'Jimi, did you move your dose up yet?
> > > >
> > > > The Ump aka - Renee
> > >
> > > i haven't moved up ... ... ... yet!
> > >
> > > so you win the pool! .... HA!
> > >
> > > sorry the relationship didn't work out ...
> > > ... great to hear the guy's cool and being a positive supporter there !
> > > Nice!
> > >
> > > ... and thank you for thinking of me ...
> > > ... great to hear from you
> > > and hear your good news!
> > >
> > > take care!
> > > ~ jim
> >
> >
>
>Hi Jim, why the move up???????????????? TAKE CARE!!
WAYNE
Posted by lil' jimi on August 26, 2003, at 14:09:10
In reply to New and Nauseous/Lexapro advise? (nm), posted by koko on August 26, 2003, at 13:15:27
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