Posted by robot on March 15, 2004, at 23:18:28
In reply to Day 4 on LEX, jumping out of my skin..help, posted by declaring grace on March 12, 2004, at 10:39:49
Doseage:10mg/day
This is my fifth day on LEX, so IM only a couple days behind you, mrs c.
I have had intense anxiety before, but not like this--its bearable, but it is difficult when I know Im going to feel anxious EVERY DAY about 30minutes after taking the pill. Ive been taking it in the morning (Ive thought about switching to evening). I have to keep telling myself that its not reality, but everything takes on a tinge of what I call "psychological nausea"—nothing seems like a good idea, and it makes me ideate on unpleasant things.
Last week I was at a crisis unit and I took my first dose of LExapro. At first I just felt different somehow. NOt good or bad really. Then it changed to waves of anxiety and bad feelings. I felt hopeless again, even suicidal. And here I was going to convince the doctor I could go home soon?
The next morning I awoke with a headache, so they gave me some pain pills with the dose. I felt better later when the doctor saw me. He could see that I was better and he sent me home. The next morning I took ibruprofen for the headache. Again, I felt better and thought the the pills were working.
But the last few days Ive realized it was just the pain pills making me better! Without them I am constantly anxious. Could this anxiety be due to the surplus seretonin in a system that is not adjusted to it? Ive felt a little of the same feeling when taking 5htp-tryptophan. I assume that if I took a large enough dose of it I would get the same effect.
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