Posted by Keko on October 24, 2004, at 19:18:41
Lexapro is driving me nuts. I am so irritable tonight, wish I could jump out of my own skin and live in the air until it's out of my system and I'm on to something smoother. As Justin says, several hours post-dosing (only about 2 or 3 for him, and 4 to 7 for me), I feel myself getting higher and spacier. It rises and then I'm back to myself a couple of hours later.
Sometimes it takes the form of a touch of hypomania where I'm overly playful, and other times I am so irritable -- same as fighting terrible urges of road rage.
I have been cutting back for a couple of weeks now, from 10mg, to 5mg, and now down to 2.5mg. 2.5mg is still doing a number on my nerves. I can FEEL my nerves, it's like I'm PMSing miserably, but I'm not. I don't want to hurt the people around me by being verbally explosive. I'm trying not to take an ativan or valium, because I don't want to be hooked on anything. Anyone else have a similar reaction to Lexapro? I was on Celexa for a couple of years prior to this, but Lexapro is very agitating to me.
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