Posted by Kairos on November 16, 2002, at 4:04:38
In reply to Re: My experience with Lexapro...so far » seafari, posted by Kairos on November 16, 2002, at 3:44:25
>*groan* NOW I realize WHY I'm AWAKE at 4 ayem.
Nite Folks And THANKS for the 411 & Support!
Kairos
>Hello!
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> I just started Lexapro - last week - I'd like to make sure to hear how you're doing with this SSRI - I don't much trust any of these drugs - but something has to give for me soon. Thanks for posting and feel free to e-mail!
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> This is my first post on this board; I had looked at it a couple of weeks ago when researching Lexapro. To give you some background, I'm a woman in my thirties, & have been taking Klonopin (.5 twice daily) for about 3 years for GAD. I did a really slow taper off off it which was completed by the end of March. Towards the end of June, I became very worried about obtaining new health insurance as my old one was ending July 1. I started experiencing 27-7 stomach pain. An upper endo showed esophagitis & diffuse gastritis. I am on Nexium, and have had no problem with it. By then, though, my anxiety was non-stop. I lost 15 lbs in 3 weeks-- a total of 20 shortly thereafter. My doc put me back on Klonopin .5 3x daily. I had other medical tests done because I am still symptomatic for some other things. I felt the anxiety was pulling me down and finally realized around the first of September that I was becoming depressed as well.
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> > So...my doc gave me a sample box of Celexa which gave me instant dry mouth. When I saw the high evidence for nausea, I asked to skip this as I already had enough problems with nausea & lack of appetite.
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> > He had just gotten samples from the pharm rep the day Lexapro was released. He gave me 7 weeks worth, as well as 50 mg of Trazadone for sleep) Now, granted I am taking 2 drugs starting at the same time, but outside of the sedative effect at bedtime & constipation/painful bowel movements, I think most of the rest is probably Lexapro. I take Lex around late afternoon or dinnertime, and the Trazodone around 9 pm.
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> > 1) Inability to have an orgasm (libido not changed)
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> > 2)Nausea increased at times
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> > 3)**Slight** tremor of hands
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> > 4) Spaced out feeling, esp 12-5 pm
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> > 5) Painful bowel movements
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> > 6) abdominal pain
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> > 7) visual disturbances--periodic & almost like my glasses need a slightly stronger prescription.
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> > 8) Just in the last couple of days, I've developed mild dry mouth.
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> > I see my doc today & will see what he says about it .
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