Posted by psycHarvard on September 6, 2002, at 23:35:03
In reply to Re: Fewer s/e with Lexapro - ? » psycHarvard, posted by johnj on September 6, 2002, at 11:23:27
> I have a question for you maybe you can give me a hint upon the causes. I am at 50 mg nortrypline,
sorry I assume you mean Nortryptaline
600 mg lithobid, and 15 to 22.5 or tranzene.
Sounds as if you have severe panic attacks...manic...based on the meds you are on.
I have depression with a high level of anxiety. The problem is if I excercise I feel like crap after a regime has been started. Sometimes the next day I will feel more depressed and have sleep disturbances. I have taken care to watch the time I work out, what I do and what I eat. I take in enough sodium so it is not a spike in lithium. I believe it is the TCA somehow. Have you ever run across this? What have atheletes used that have been sucessful to treat anxiety and depression.
This is not something that I want to comment on... I do not want to put information on here that may mislead you as all pats are different on meds... I have not come across this... I know you have probably spoken to your psyc about it and they will know you much better than I do.
I am hoping a switch to lexapro will give me the power back to help myself through excercise. Also, what is the deal with increased anxiety with ssri's? I went to a Celexa board and almost 90% complained of worsening anxiety. Any thoughts? Thank you.
> PS. I tried remeron and it gave me a "sponge head" and messed with short term memory.Yes SSRIs do cause increased Anx in the first few weeks... that is why a lot of psycs now start there pats off on an SSRI and Wellbutrin... in combination for a few weeks...
In regards to Lexapro and increased Anx... the info that I am aware of shows that the rates of anxiety will decrease as early as week one or two and after that remain low... and that the rates prior to this... the first week or so shows that it is not increasing actually comparable to placebo... but in some pats as I keep on saying they may find an initial increase... or they may find that they feel better as early as a few days...
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