Posted by downbutnotout on August 9, 2003, at 10:02:10
In reply to re: new to Lexapro AND babbling... » trauma queen, posted by lil' jimi on August 7, 2003, at 1:49:28
Hi!
I've just been diagnosed with depression, although I think I've been fighting with it for a very long time. My doctor put me on 10mg of Lexapro beginning two days ago. I'm already starting to feel better. I noticed that if I take the meds at 7am I have a good upward swing in mid-afternoon and then come back down in the evening. Is this normal? Or am I just imagining it?
Also, I have just had a weird experience with mis-diagnosis and I was wondering if anyone else out there went through any of this. Five years ago I went to a doctor with complaints of aching muscles, extreme tiredness, mood swings. They took a blood test and told me I was hypothyroid. I went on Synthroid for three years. Because my muscle aches continued, they also diagnosed me as having fibromyalgia.
I quit my teaching job three years ago (I just couldn't do it anymore - isn't that sad? But that's not a story for here!) so I lost my insurance. I quit taking my thyroid meds two years ago because of having no insurance. Now I have insurance and returned to the doctor as my old symptoms were starting to reappear and I was having chest pain. This doctor told me that according to his blood-test I am not hypothyroid and that it has "healed". He also didn't think I have fibromyalgia, but that the muscle pain was a symptom of something else (depression?).
He put me on Lexapro for depression (which I definately have.) Has anyone else had a similar experience? I'm thinking that this has been depression all along. Do you think that is possible?
Thanks!
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