Posted by pharmrep on September 17, 2002, at 11:44:09
In reply to My experience with Lexapro...so far , posted by seafari on September 17, 2002, at 8:04:16
> This is my first post on this board; I had looked at it a couple of weeks ago when researching Lexapro. To give you some background, I'm a woman in my thirties, & have been taking Klonopin (.5 twice daily) for about 3 years for GAD. I did a really slow taper off off it which was completed by the end of March. Towards the end of June, I became very worried about obtaining new health insurance as my old one was ending July 1. I started experiencing 27-7 stomach pain. An upper endo showed esophagitis & diffuse gastritis. I am on Nexium, and have had no problem with it. By then, though, my anxiety was non-stop. I lost 15 lbs in 3 weeks-- a total of 20 shortly thereafter. My doc put me back on Klonopin .5 3x daily. I had other medical tests done because I am still symptomatic for some other things. I felt the anxiety was pulling me down and finally realized around the first of September that I was becoming depressed as well.
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> So...my doc gave me a sample box of Celexa which gave me instant dry mouth. When I saw the high evidence for nausea, I asked to skip this as I already had enough problems with nausea & lack of appetite.
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> He had just gotten samples from the pharm rep the day Lexapro was released. He gave me 7 weeks worth, as well as 50 mg of Trazadone for sleep) Now, granted I am taking 2 drugs starting at the same time, but outside of the sedative effect at bedtime & constipation/painful bowel movements, I think most of the rest is probably Lexapro. I take Lex around late afternoon or dinnertime, and the Trazodone around 9 pm.
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> 1) Inability to have an orgasm (libido not changed)
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> 2)Nausea increased at times
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> 3)**Slight** tremor of hands
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> 4) Spaced out feeling, esp 12-5 pm
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> 5) Painful bowel movements
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> 6) abdominal pain
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> 7) visual disturbances--periodic & almost like my glasses need a slightly stronger prescription.
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> 8) Just in the last couple of days, I've developed mild dry mouth.
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> I see my doc today & will see what he says about it .** remember...this is still a new drug in your system...it takes a little time to adjust...hang in there...(did i read you right?...the rep gave you samples...dont take from reps (illegal)...just DR's)
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