Posted by lil' jimi on July 2, 2003, at 12:30:28
In reply to re: Day 5 of Lex for You » lil' jimi, posted by Capri on July 1, 2003, at 21:02:58
hi capri,
you sound like you're doing pretty good ...
> I'm still taking 5 mg at night with a 1/2 of Klonopin. I don't wake up all night! In the morning I'm tired when I get up though but after a short time I'm fine. So I haven't tried taking Lex yet without the Klonopin. I want to switch to the a.m. but I don't want to skip my p.m. dose.
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> I just realized I'm not drinking as much water as I usually do. Maybe that's why I have the headaches right now. I'll take your advice.
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> Have you had a cocktail on Lexapro? I usually don't until I'm on a med for awhile and my body is use to it. Don't know if I'll be able to have a cocktail for the 4th (oh well)
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> Talk to ya,
> Caprithanks for your reply!
... and i hope your headaches are relieved ...
i just haven't been a drinking kinda guy for a long time now ... ... i drifted away from it sometime in my twenties ...
(i am talkative to the point that the taciturn folks can find me annoying .... .... so when at a family gathering my gracious brothers-in-law want to offer me a beer, i'd say, "Well, thanks anyway, but beer tends to make me talk ..."
.... so they then shout, "Hey guys! No beer for Jim!"
Ha!)(my social drug of choice has been caffiene .. .... i abuse coffee!)
anyway ... ... i have also been motivated to avoid alcohol since i started lexapro Because it is counterproductive with (tends to counteract) AD....
... which makes sense, since alcohol is a major Depressant and lex is an antidepressant ... ....my suggestions may not have near as much impact as your own experience .... so, with your eyes wide open, (and maybe with taking your lex dose as far away from your cocktail a possible), try it and see if it causes any adversity, particularly any negative impact on the benefits (lower anxiety, et cetera) your looking for from lex ....
... maybe?take care,
~ jimp.s. there have been discussion on "lexapro and alcohol" on the lex thread. .. ~ j
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