Re: 5 Days on Lexepro

Posted by pallas on November 28, 2002, at 22:10:34

In reply to Re: 5 Days on Lexepro » Rich B, posted by pharmrep on November 26, 2002, at 20:22:06

> > I have been on Lexapro for 5 days (including today) for Anxiety. So far, it has done nothing for the anxiety. If anything, it has made it worse. I grind my teeth allot and when I am working on something, I do it very intensely and the anxiety is even worse than it was before. When I am not doing much, am often tired. The tiredness is on and off and I get very tired early in the evening. I have not had insomnia, but when I get up at night to go to the bathroom, I have a hard time getting back to sleep. I have dry mouth and this very light constant headache in the back of my head. This is caused by a tightness in my neck and the back of my head that I believe Lexepro is causing. Can anyone shed some light on my situation? I know I need to give it more time, and I plan on it, but so far, it doesn’t look to good. I am trying to work on my anxiety problem (GAD) through therapy and I was hoping this medication would help bring me down a little and relax. Its hard to work on when the physical systems act as this counterproductive force holding me back.
> > Thanks ahead of time.
Hi. Do give it more time. After the first day I had the same headache and tension you described. This was followed by ten days of total exhaustion, where I HAD to take a 3-5 hour nap in the middle of every day and just felt lousy. The doc added Wellbutrin to perk me up and it worked instantly. After a week of that I developed some kind of mild hand tremor and insomnia, so we quite the W and added Trazodone yesterday. I've been on Lexapro 3 weeks or so now and I am levelling out. Except for the occasional (1-2x/day) feeling of woozy/spaciness, I am here and I am clear. So hang in there and take good care of yourself in the meantime. Get a massage, take walks, eat your veggies and drink lots of water. Be patient and stay in touch with your doctor. I wish you all the best.

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