Posted by h on June 7, 2004, at 15:16:38
In reply to New Lexapro User, posted by 2gethappy on June 7, 2004, at 13:26:52
Hi. I am in the middle of starting Lexapro too. Mild anxiety and depression my whole life that ratchetted up due to the fact that I've had breast cancer 3x starting when I was 32. Still I have a very nice family and I like my job. Anyway, I was dreading some scans and saw my GP. He put me on Lexapro. At first I just took the 10 mg and thought I was being poisoned. He said cut the pills in half. It was amazing! I'd tried other antidepressants, but either got no effect or got so nauseous from side effects that I couldn't contine.
This time I literally realized when I was racing ahead of myself, getting all wound up. And I stopped!
I felt so great those first few weeks on 2.5 mg. (He said cut the pills in half. I thought I'd play it extra safe and cut them in quarters!) Now I'm up to 3/4's.
Here's my question. I don't feel serene any more. I don't get the Sunday blues or the Monday jitters, but I just feel kind of "there." I'm scared this means that when I go up to the full dose it will just poop out after a few weeks. Has anybody had anything like this? Please advise.
This board is a great resource.
warmly
h
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