Posted by jeffconn on November 14, 2003, at 9:51:33
In reply to jane47- When did the hyperactivity go away?, posted by tiredman on November 13, 2003, at 16:09:11
> I too suffer from the anxiety/hyperactivity side-effect of Lexapro. It's
> horrible! I worked my dose up to 10mg over a three week period. Once I hit 10 it
> got really bad (today is only day two on 10 mgs). How long did it take before
> that "hyper" feeling went away?
>
Hey tiredman, hang in there as most folks here will tell you. I have been on Lex for almost 9 weeks now. The anxious hyper feeling is hugely less now after about my 7th week. There is still shaking in the hands some of the time when trying to do things up close and critical, such as putting small screws into slots. I am normally a hyper person anyways so I believe the Lex just made me a little more hyper than I already was! My sleep aid when desired is valium at 10mg. Yes there are still the weird anxiety days of concern and discomfort, but they never advance to an "attack" The depression cause is still in my life so this may have something to do with the anxiety also. I hope as you take Lex you will find the SEs relax some and the benefit will outweigh the negatives. Good luck and you can always sound off here! Yup,........ we ARE listening!! :-) Jeff Oh and Jane, I also take 10 mg per day and it took ME the whole 7 weeks for the "hyper" feeling to pretty much dissolve. It really was a terrible feeling as you stated. I have 3 children, boys, ages 3, 6 and 9 and it was real hard to stay in control and NOT let them see any changes in me. Dont know if I truely succeeded with the hiding of the hyper feelings but I think now I am better than before. Somedays I just sit back and think....."its a hell of a life eh"????? May ALL of us here on this board find what we need in life to become "ourselves" Best wishes to all and thanks to all for MY education here too!
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