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Posted by honey74 on August 31, 2003, at 19:55:18
Well, i'm now on day 10 of my lexapro (10 mg). i'm taking it for depression and anxiety, and i'm kind of teetering between not caring and happy. although i had one night on thursday of deep sadness. so bad that i couldn't leave my house on friday or saturday. has anyone else experienced this? the jaw clenching doesn't seem to be too bad anymore, and no more blood in stool, so that makes me happy...and not care. i skipped my doctor's appt on thursday because she never gives any definitive answers anyway, i'm just going to hold out until my appointment on the 15th with my blood specialist. hmmm...guess i'm just babbling a little, really just wanted to know about the earlier question, anyone else not able to leave the house?
Posted by galkeepinon on August 31, 2003, at 20:43:01
In reply to hi it's me again...lexapro question, posted by honey74 on August 31, 2003, at 19:55:18
Good to see your post. I had the same thing you talk of here happen when I first started Lex. I cried and cried and cried. And I had been on it for about a week and 1/2, 10mg.
Yes, in the early days of treatment, I couldn't leave the house, I didn't want to, all I wanted to do was SLEEP! It made me very sleepy intil about the 3rd week. It passed.
'This too shall pass' and I hope it does for you:-)
Hang in there and keep posting-you never ramble-don't worry:-)> Well, i'm now on day 10 of my lexapro (10 mg). i'm taking it for depression and anxiety, and i'm kind of teetering between not caring and happy. although i had one night on thursday of deep sadness. so bad that i couldn't leave my house on friday or saturday. has anyone else experienced this? the jaw clenching doesn't seem to be too bad anymore, and no more blood in stool, so that makes me happy...and not care. i skipped my doctor's appt on thursday because she never gives any definitive answers anyway, i'm just going to hold out until my appointment on the 15th with my blood specialist. hmmm...guess i'm just babbling a little, really just wanted to know about the earlier question, anyone else not able to leave the house?
Posted by honey74 on August 31, 2003, at 21:04:28
In reply to Re: hi it's me again...lexapro question » honey74, posted by galkeepinon on August 31, 2003, at 20:43:01
I really hope you are right. I think people are really not trying to believe me when I say that I have a million things to do at home...especially my husband. :0) I made plans to go out with one of my girlfriends last night and couldn't bring myself to pick up the phone when she called. I have been extraordinarily weary...not enough to sleep all day, but enough to keep me from doing anything productive. I have a little trouble sleeping at night, but after just laying there for a few hours I can usually drift off. Then, once I'm asleep, I don't feel like getting up.
> Good to see your post. I had the same thing you talk of here happen when I first started Lex. I cried and cried and cried. And I had been on it for about a week and 1/2, 10mg.
> Yes, in the early days of treatment, I couldn't leave the house, I didn't want to, all I wanted to do was SLEEP! It made me very sleepy intil about the 3rd week. It passed.
> 'This too shall pass' and I hope it does for you:-)
> Hang in there and keep posting-you never ramble-don't worry:-)
>
> > Well, i'm now on day 10 of my lexapro (10 mg). i'm taking it for depression and anxiety, and i'm kind of teetering between not caring and happy. although i had one night on thursday of deep sadness. so bad that i couldn't leave my house on friday or saturday. has anyone else experienced this? the jaw clenching doesn't seem to be too bad anymore, and no more blood in stool, so that makes me happy...and not care. i skipped my doctor's appt on thursday because she never gives any definitive answers anyway, i'm just going to hold out until my appointment on the 15th with my blood specialist. hmmm...guess i'm just babbling a little, really just wanted to know about the earlier question, anyone else not able to leave the house?
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Posted by galkeepinon on August 31, 2003, at 21:34:51
In reply to Re: hi it's me again...lexapro question, posted by honey74 on August 31, 2003, at 21:04:28
I try not to worry about what other people think-unfortunately I've wasted a lot of energy in my life by doing so. So I'm learning not to. :0)
I have had many opportunities over the last year and because of my depression-I've taken none of them. And it bothers me. I just have the attitude that I don't care-in that area of my life. That's not good-and that's not like me at all! Speaking of productive, I am slacking on schoolwork that should have been finished months ago, and I start a fresh courseload at the end of September. Ah-gotta love this depression........
Ces La Vie
Take Care!
> I really hope you are right. I think people are really not trying to believe me when I say that I have a million things to do at home...especially my husband. :0) I made plans to go out with one of my girlfriends last night and couldn't bring myself to pick up the phone when she called. I have been extraordinarily weary...not enough to sleep all day, but enough to keep me from doing anything productive. I have a little trouble sleeping at night, but after just laying there for a few hours I can usually drift off. Then, once I'm asleep, I don't feel like getting up.
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> > Good to see your post. I had the same thing you talk of here happen when I first started Lex. I cried and cried and cried. And I had been on it for about a week and 1/2, 10mg.
> > Yes, in the early days of treatment, I couldn't leave the house, I didn't want to, all I wanted to do was SLEEP! It made me very sleepy intil about the 3rd week. It passed.
> > 'This too shall pass' and I hope it does for you:-)
> > Hang in there and keep posting-you never ramble-don't worry:-)
> >
> > > Well, i'm now on day 10 of my lexapro (10 mg). i'm taking it for depression and anxiety, and i'm kind of teetering between not caring and happy. although i had one night on thursday of deep sadness. so bad that i couldn't leave my house on friday or saturday. has anyone else experienced this? the jaw clenching doesn't seem to be too bad anymore, and no more blood in stool, so that makes me happy...and not care. i skipped my doctor's appt on thursday because she never gives any definitive answers anyway, i'm just going to hold out until my appointment on the 15th with my blood specialist. hmmm...guess i'm just babbling a little, really just wanted to know about the earlier question, anyone else not able to leave the house?
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Posted by Mariposa on September 1, 2003, at 11:37:14
In reply to hi it's me again...lexapro question, posted by honey74 on August 31, 2003, at 19:55:18
> Well, i'm now on day 10 of my lexapro (10 mg). i'm taking it for depression and anxiety, and i'm kind of teetering between not caring and happy. although i had one night on thursday of deep sadness. so bad that i couldn't leave my house on friday or saturday. has anyone else experienced this? the jaw clenching doesn't seem to be too bad anymore, and no more blood in stool, so that makes me happy...and not care. i skipped my doctor's appt on thursday because she never gives any definitive answers anyway, i'm just going to hold out until my appointment on the 15th with my blood specialist. hmmm...guess i'm just babbling a little, really just wanted to know about the earlier question, anyone else not able to leave the house?
This is typical...First 2-3 weeks can be very rough w/se, but they usually begin tappering off and should be gone by week 4-5. However, at wk.4 after the se's were gone for me, I experienced DEEP depression and anxiety (which I have NEVER had befor - the anxiety I mean), I almost quit because I was sure Lex was not going to work. I hung in there though because of all the great support I got from this board. I started @5mg, and I went to 10mg at wk.5.
It sounds to me like you are doing *better*, and hopefully your se's will begin to lessen in the next few days. Please continue with the POSITIVE attitude (IT REALLY HELPS!!) and hang in there!!
We're all pulling for you!~~~8|8
Posted by sassyveg on September 1, 2003, at 16:31:39
In reply to Re: hi it's me again...lexapro question » honey74, posted by Mariposa on September 1, 2003, at 11:37:14
About a week into when I first started taking lex, I had a night of horrible depression....I cried uncontrollably, I was even suicidal, which I've never been before, and contemplated taking my entire bottle of lex with half a bottle of vodka. Thank god I realized that what I was thinking was NOT me (I wasn't even on lex for depression, I started it for anxiety, so imagine my feelings of betrayal when it CAUSED me to be depressed).
Luckily, I stuck with it and things got much better. I felt kind of unstable on 10mg, so I went up to 20, and the only side effects I've experienced since then are the dreaded sexual variety, and some instances of moodiness. So stick it out for a little while and see how things go. You may find that it works great for you.
> > Well, i'm now on day 10 of my lexapro (10 mg). i'm taking it for depression and anxiety, and i'm kind of teetering between not caring and happy. although i had one night on thursday of deep sadness. so bad that i couldn't leave my house on friday or saturday. has anyone else experienced this? the jaw clenching doesn't seem to be too bad anymore, and no more blood in stool, so that makes me happy...and not care. i skipped my doctor's appt on thursday because she never gives any definitive answers anyway, i'm just going to hold out until my appointment on the 15th with my blood specialist. hmmm...guess i'm just babbling a little, really just wanted to know about the earlier question, anyone else not able to leave the house?
>
> This is typical...First 2-3 weeks can be very rough w/se, but they usually begin tappering off and should be gone by week 4-5. However, at wk.4 after the se's were gone for me, I experienced DEEP depression and anxiety (which I have NEVER had befor - the anxiety I mean), I almost quit because I was sure Lex was not going to work. I hung in there though because of all the great support I got from this board. I started @5mg, and I went to 10mg at wk.5.
>
> It sounds to me like you are doing *better*, and hopefully your se's will begin to lessen in the next few days. Please continue with the POSITIVE attitude (IT REALLY HELPS!!) and hang in there!!
>
> We're all pulling for you!~~~8|8
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