Posted by nhg on February 4, 2003, at 10:13:35
In reply to Re: Lexapro sex drive, weight gain, dreams, posted by mikal on February 3, 2003, at 15:05:30
I just hope it lasts because I haven't felt this good in many years. Having never taken SSRI's before Lexapro, I don't know what to expect -- many have experienced "poop-out" and I pray every night that I will become well enough to make it on my own, without the SSRI, before this can happen to me. Giving up myself, after having re-captured myself, would be worse than having never found myself again, I think.
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> > > > Anyway, I hope that makes sense. Think I put in two bits worth instead of two cents worth, sorry. =-D
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> > > So glad that you are feeling good.
> > > Please tell me how long you have been on Lexapro and at what dose? I know it's different for everyone but .........
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> > you sound good ive been wondering when does this tired feeling o away im on it 5mgs for 4 days about,so tired and anxiuos
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> LA - I have been experiencing the same effects from Lexapro as you. I feel as though my brain has been reconnected with my body. I'm able to function and have increased daily activities to not just work/sleep. I have hobbies, I work out, I quit some very bad habits... this I believe is a side effect to being plugged in vs. disconnected. Any amount of discomfort I had in the begining of taking Lex is gone. I'm not sure I was ever connected before today. I hear many poeple fear being "doped" up. I'll tell you I'm anything but "doped" up. I was dopey before, my disconnection left so many holes in my life, I often was in a waking dream... unsure of what was really happening.
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I took antideppressants for years. I often felt like I wasn't sure who I really was on the drugs and I felt emotional numbness. I decided (with my doctor) to stop taking them. It actually went really well. I was so happy to be able to live without them. Drug free! But a recent experience just set me off. I have had so much anxiety. At first I tried to just drive through it and take xanax as needed. But I grew severely depressed and admitted to myself that I'd have to get back on. So I started Lexapro. I'm feeling better but still tons of anxiety.
I'm hoping I only need this for temporary assistance until my life feels more secure again. And I feel like I'll be able to stop taking it again one day, because I was able to do it before. And maybe some time in the future, I'll need it again.
I think sometimes we are predisposed to these conditions and it just takes an event to set it off. And likewise, if someone else experienced what happened to me, maybe they would be more recovered by now.
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