Posted by mlj 123 on February 4, 2003, at 19:54:19
In reply to Re: Lexapro has been very good for me, posted by sussus on February 4, 2003, at 14:09:18
> Hi there everyone - This is my first time ever participating in an online chat and it is motivated by my relief at finding this amazing group of people.
>
> After years - and I mean years of struggle in talk therapy, I finally hit the wall with depression and anxiety and decided to try AD's.
>
> I have been taking Lexapro for three weeks and am honestly not sure yet how I feel. I know it takes time and I am trying to be patient, but it is hard not to have expectations.
>
> At this point, I have stopped crying every day and the overwhelming sense of doom and fear that I lived with has eased somewhat. I am slightly nauseous, but that is tolerable.
>
> The one thing that really scaares me is my complete lack of motivation. I have felt this way before when depressed, but was not really experiencing it in the episode that preceded my getting on meds. I do feel better - as I said before - but all I want to do every day is lay on the couch, watch TV and lay around. I don't feel that I can't do things; I literally have noooooo motivation and that scares me.
>
> The main reason I decided to post was in response to positive people who have written of their experiences on AD's. Can anyone offer insight/experiences/advice on the subject of anti-motivatioanl syndrome? Is this a side effect? Does it tend to dissapate? My dosage is 10mg. Lexapro taken around 3 PM - works best with my sleep habits.
>
> Thanks again and I feel good to be doing at least this one thing today.....
>
> Sussus
>
>>Dont give up on the 10mg because I promise that it doesnt take that much to help. I feel that the 10mg of Lexepro has really really helped. As for the modivation- You have to get to get up and live. Once I felt like I was living happier that was modivation enuff to bring myself out of bed and try to catch up on all that anxiety that brough me down for so long. Now I want to do it all. I just pray that I continue to progress and all these wonderful people that share this ray of hope with me
poster:mlj 123
thread:109458
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030204/msgs/139425.html