Posted by sip on December 29, 2003, at 15:36:30
In reply to Lexapro Week 5 Blues, posted by nicky847 on December 29, 2003, at 10:48:07
This is interesting. I am on Week 5 of Lexapro and starting last week I got a little blue (but not depressed). I also was visiting my parents for Xmas last week -- always hard for me -- so I am sure I was affected by the situation. I have been on 5 mg and my doctor wanted me to go up to 10 mg. I have been ambivalent about meds but decided if I am doing this I might as well do it fully. So this is Day 2 of 10 mg.
Thankfully because Lexapro was already in my system for four weeks, the side effects of doubling the dose has not been bad at all -- just a little drowsy and spacey but NOTHING like the fogginess of my initial week on Lexapro.
It seems I have skipped my period this month. I'm generally very in tune with my menstrual cycle because I get such bad PMS. I am totally thrown and have no idea what is going on in that department anymore and don't know whether I should attribute this to Lexapro. But my blue feelings could be a sign of PMS -- not sure. I don't know my body anymore which I guess is normal and will change as I adjust to the medication.
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