Posted by bozeman on February 3, 2003, at 21:54:54
In reply to Re: Changing time of Lex -- EGR » bozeman, posted by EGR on January 31, 2003, at 20:15:16
> BOZEMAN!!
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> GREAT to hear from you! I've been out of town and just got back. I'm am doing excellently taking the Lexapro at night. I'm not groggy in the morning and I have no trouble staying awake at night.
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> My doc gave me 100 mgs of Wellbutrin to take in the morning to see if it helps with the sse, but since I've been gone, I haven't had a chance to "test" it.
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> How are things going with you?
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> EGR
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You sound terrific, glad to hear it. Will be interested to see how the Wellbutrin works for you on the sse. Let us know, OK?I think I have just come out of my first true "happened-while-on-Lexapro" funk. Wasn't depressed, really, just my batteries were run down, sortof. Ruminating about it on the way home from work today, I think I figured out why, so now I'm not so worried (to tell the truth, I was really scared at first that I was on one of the dreaded "downward spirals" !!!!)
I have felt so much better, my thoughts have been so much clearer since starting Lexapro, that I think I've tried to cram the entire last fifteen years of my life I've missed, into the last fifteen weeks! I've picked back up a bunch of activities I had to give up due to exhaustion (my journey through depression started with an auto accident fifteen years ago, head and back injury, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, etc..) I am handling things a lot better since going on the Lexapro, I'm just trying to handle too much too fast, I think. We've just kicked into the really busy season at work, too, so I'm working a lot of extra hours -- salaried, no extra $$ :-(
and I think it just caught up with me this weekend. Nothing I set out to do, happened, (every time I sat down I fell asleep!) but at least I didn't crash.Now that I think about it, I think that's all it was -- I was actually just tired from running so hard for the last month. I have noticed that while on Lexapro that if I close my eyes, I can go to sleep, which is not normal for me (I slept about four hours a night for over twenty years, didn't know I was sleep deprived because I literally couldn't sleep any longer than that.) But now I need seven to eight hours of sleep, and can nap if I choose to. It will take some getting used to but the rest of my life is so much better, it's worth the trade-off.
I am so glad the evening Lex. dose is working well for you! (if this purring kitty in my lap doesn't get down, I may go to sleep right here . . . zzzzzz , , , )
Be well, my friend --bozeman
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