Posted by abigal on February 12, 2003, at 20:32:12
In reply to Dealing with Lexapro, posted by handmemymidol on February 11, 2003, at 17:49:14
> I have been diagnosed and dealing with panic disorder and agorophobia for 5 years now. Zoloft did nothing for me. Paxil made my stomach hurt. Serzone worked great, but of course, can't take that anymore with the liver scare and all. Now I am on Lexapro. I can't decide what I think of it. On the plus side, I am living a "normal" life, work, etc. All panic symptoms have subsided. I did have the loss of apetite that others are mentioning but after the first 2 weeks or so, apetite is back. The biggest problems I am having are sexual. I have no interest at all anymore in sex. And when I do have sex, forget about an orgasm. I have taken to faking it so my husband doesn't feel bad. I am at the 10 mg dose and that is working well so I don't think the doc will be upping it. Will this symptom fade away too like the loss of apetite? How long might it take? It has also made me really sleepy. I have been experimenting with taking it at different times to eliminate that. Also, does anybody else experience itching? Geez, when I try to go to sleep at night, I itch like crazy! The more I try to ignore it, the more I itch! It is making me nuts! Doesn't bother me much during the day when I am busy, only when I am lying around, watching tv, etc., so I don't think it is an allergic thing. What say ye?
Yes, I have been itching at night too! I never really connected the two, but you are right! I have been on Lexapro for almost 4 weeks. I took 10mg for the first two days but thought I was going to jump out of my skin. I also couln't sleep at night. I have cut back to 5mg and do feel better. I am nervous to try a higher dose but I don't think such a low dose is theraputic. People keep talking about a loss of appetite but I feel like I could devour a 2lb. bag of M&M's all the time. I pray to God that I don't gain weight. I haven't noticed too big a problem with sexual side effects yet and I hope not to. It's hard enough to feel depressed and anxious let alone to feel bad that you are not interested in your husband too! I did notice that I feel sort of jittery and impatient with my kids at times. I have also noticed that I cannot drink coffee like I used to. I only drank two cups in the morning but now that makes me jumpy. I also feel tired especially in the afternoon, but a cup of coffee makes me feel worse. It's weird that I can feel tired but I am not able to sleep at night.
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