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I want to go on lexapro
I have some questions 1.is it worth it 2. Is dealing nothing better than feeling like this 3.are there any significant side effects
I have some questions 1.is it worth it 2. Is dealing nothing better than feeling like this 3.are there any significant side effects
i took lexapro for 2-3 days. i’ll be completely honest, my experience was terrible. i had a severe panic attack and thought i was dying so i asked my roommate to call 911. i was fine but my body had a very scary reaction. the same happened with zoloft. ssri medications just don’t work for me at all. i don’t want to discourage you from trying it though, it works for most people i feel like. i think my body is just wildly sensitive to everything lol. if you’re worried i guess you could ask to start on a low dose. good luck!! but really, i dont want to scare you away from doing it. this was just my own (rare) experience.
@curefan6 Thanks I’ll be cautious👍
1. Yes 2. Feeling “nothing” does not apply to everyone, I am still able to feel happiness, sadness, excitement, anger, and so on. Everything is just more leveled out now 3. I did experience some brain fog for the first 2 weeks, and I would say my worst symptom was the nausea lol it went away though!! Again, everyone is different so it really comes down to how you will react to SSRIs, my psychiatrist was such a comforting support for me as I transitioned meds and started Lexapro
@jaaax97 I want to add I’ve been on 15mg for almost 4 months and I feel like myself again (alongside all the therapy I’ve done)
@jaaax97 Amazing news! Thanks so much
1: i’ve been on 30mg zoloft for about a year now and it has been worth it for me! 2: i felt like a zombie with no emotions on prozac and zoloft but lexapro hasn’t done that to me! different SSRIs affect everyone differently 3: i feel like it makes my mouth dry but i haven’t really noticed much else in terms of side effects- meds affect everyone differently and different people have different reactions and side effects i would say it is worth giving it a try- i will say that SSRIs take longer to work than a lot of other meds so you may not feel positive effects for a few weeks- a month. worse case scenario it doesn’t work out for you and you can work with your dr to try something else!
I’ve been on 30mg of Lexapro for a pretty long time. 30mg is a high dose. I don’t have any side effects. Starting Lexapro is hard. The first couple weeks most people have increased anxiety/ panic. That’s pretty normal. I started on 5mg for the first week, then went to 10mg the second week when I first started and had horrible anxiety. After week two that all went away. Target dose for me was 20mg and due to added work stress my Doc bumped me up to 30mg. It hasn’t fixed everything but certainly helps intrusive thoughts be ‘less sticky’. Good luck.
@Kris J Thanks although I’m def trying to decrease anxiety as the meds I’m already on have made these 2 weeks impossible are there a specific type of SSRI that won’t make it worse?
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