Posted by mikal on February 4, 2003, at 16:12:38
In reply to Re: Lexapro has been very good for me, posted by sussus on February 4, 2003, at 14:09:18
> Hi there everyone - This is my first time ever participating in an online chat and it is motivated by my relief at finding this amazing group of people.
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> After years - and I mean years of struggle in talk therapy, I finally hit the wall with depression and anxiety and decided to try AD's.
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> I have been taking Lexapro for three weeks and am honestly not sure yet how I feel. I know it takes time and I am trying to be patient, but it is hard not to have expectations.
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> At this point, I have stopped crying every day and the overwhelming sense of doom and fear that I lived with has eased somewhat. I am slightly nauseous, but that is tolerable.
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> The one thing that really scaares me is my complete lack of motivation. I have felt this way before when depressed, but was not really experiencing it in the episode that preceded my getting on meds. I do feel better - as I said before - but all I want to do every day is lay on the couch, watch TV and lay around. I don't feel that I can't do things; I literally have noooooo motivation and that scares me.
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> The main reason I decided to post was in response to positive people who have written of their experiences on AD's. Can anyone offer insight/experiences/advice on the subject of anti-motivatioanl syndrome? Is this a side effect? Does it tend to dissapate? My dosage is 10mg. Lexapro taken around 3 PM - works best with my sleep habits.
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> Thanks again and I feel good to be doing at least this one thing today.....
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> Sussus
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> Dear Sussus,I"m not sure if this is helpful, but when I've been taking Lexapro now for a month, I feel awesome. The side effects are neglagable, now. It took awile for them to get to that point, but any I have are worth every second of relief from the torment of Panic Anxiety/Depression.
For anyone who is capable of exersise, which is a vast majority of us humans, do it, do it, do it; start slow, check with a doctor about what may be best for you. Exersise will improve quality of life in ways you can never imagine. I'm still young, and you older people out there may feel exersise is a time past, but just a little will make a difference. You don't have to do it every day, but do it regularly and on a similar schedule, make it part of weekly routine. That and I change my diet, I'm eating healthier. I've cut out much of the fat, thought I'm a sucker for an occasional pizza. And I stick to low intake of red meats, dairy, breads. And I eat a ton of vegtables. The point is, I've change my diet, upped my activity (I'm not talking about Iron Man competitions in my future, just getting the heart going a couple times a week... and not in the Panic way.) I was told to take 3000mgs of Omega-3, I have no idea if it's benefiting me, but sometimes we're not our own best judge of character, and it pays to rely on someone else for some advise.
Basically, I was miserable doing what I did before. I never thought I needed Anit D. Drugs, guess what I did. I never put weight into living healthy, that led to a very dull and alienating life... So when I finnaly "broke down" and decided to try Anit D Drugs, I broke down my life, once the fog started to clear I realized that I had to it differently. I'm not going to change by drugs alone. They cannot make me a better person, they cannot get me more friends, they cannot lose weight for me... ad infinitum. They can restore a chemical balance which will enable me to have choices again, but I still have to do the work. I still have to put myself out there, and I have to do it differently.
I still have my bad days, I'm not having a good one so far. But today I'm not obsessing about a bad day. I'm not losing myself in my bad day. I'm not fearful that there will be nothing but bad days ahead. EVERYBODY has bad days, it's ok.
poster:mikal
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