Posted by bozeman on February 16, 2003, at 16:58:07
In reply to Re: LEXAPRO AN ENERGY ZAPPER OR WHAT?, posted by MaryZee on February 15, 2003, at 23:42:14
> There was no way I could force myself out of the effects of the Lexapro. Never felt so tired and unable to function as I did when I was on Lex.
> Obviously was not the med for me!! No way I could tough it out for a month or two! Sometimes we just have to listen to our bodies and realize that a medication is not for us! Someone else might have a great reaction to it and that is great! It just was definitely not for me!!
>>I couldn't get past the exhaustion, either, *until* I realized that I needed a paradigm shift. I was thinking that being exhausted after four or five hours sleep was somehow wrong. I had gotten by on four or five hours my whole life, couldn't stay asleep longer than that for anything. Until I started Lexapro.
The first few days I was really noticeably tired, but then it lifted and I felt better. Several weeks later, I realized I was still very tired, but didn't notice how tired I was until I sat down. I rearranged my schedule to allow seven to eight uninterrupted hours for attempted sleep, and within three or four days I felt fine. I was acting like my chronic lifelong insomnia was a normal thing, I guess, and wondering why I was tired.
I can now sleep seven to nine hours uninterrupted, and when I awake feel like I can conquer the world. Even in my "good" periods before, I never felt that good in the mornings, just the "another day, oh boy, guess I'd better get cracking."
So, in my case, the Lexapro didn't zap my energy, it just showed me where my energy was already being zapped and how to fix it, if that makes any sense.
Hope this helps.
bozeman
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