Posted by Okpolosi on April 21, 2003, at 11:39:29
In reply to Re: I HATE THIS LEXAPRO!! I CAN'T FUNCTION!!, posted by Bill L on April 21, 2003, at 9:23:30
I agree with previous poster....you have to give Lex TIME to work.
My first 4 weeks were HELL!!!! Much worse than any comments I have read in this thread. SEVERE side effects....but I stuck with it because of encouragement from others on this board. Week 5 I had TERRIBLE depressions and anxiety and was sure this was not the drug for me. Upped dose from 5mg to 10mg and kept at it. Around week 9 all SE's gone and finally started to feel better. Some people have good results early on, others like myself need to go at least 8 weeks if not more before deciding the med is not for them.
Give the meds a chance to work and do not be scared off by initial SE's that do go away with a little time!!
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL!!!
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