Posted by Chuck2112 on February 5, 2003, at 11:21:23
In reply to Anyone switched to Lexapro? « ggrrl, posted by Dr. Bob on June 11, 2002, at 7:52:48
I am new to anti-d's. I am self diagnosed as having general anxiety disorder. This seems to have been building ever since I had a child while trying to finish college some years ago. 3 years ago i was divorced, happily i might add, and i noticed a difference in my behavior when I had trouble making ordinary conversation with old friends, i just thought i was growing different. Well i got fed up with it and dedided to work on my skills, and started pushing myself into more social situations and trying to get outside myself. I made some progress, but always felt something holding me back and couldnt figure out what it was. Shortly after, I fell into a slump that I didnt recognize as depression or anxiety, i thought it would pass. Well it didnt, finally i did the same and decided again to work through it, and again made progress, but was always held back, this time though things got real bad. I was finding myself with aching back, aching legs, just tensse all the time with no real reason to be.
I would sometimes get sweaty hands, didnt want to do anything. Had a hard time even forcing myself out the house, and sometimes just drove around town aimlessly, just looking for relief in anything. Never came. So i looked up anxiety and saw the symptoms and realized that this was my problem, so i tried to solve it on my own....didnt happen.....
So i went to the doctor and he gave me some lexapro to try out.....
I have been on it for 16 days now....i am feeling much better, i actually cooked a nice dinner last night, enjoyed the movie i watched, and put some clothes up.....
i still feel a little detached, I was feeling detached before taking it too, it comes and goes in waves.....
i have trouble getting to sleep sometimes, but once i fall asleep i stay asleep....
no nauseous feeling or any other side affect, except with vision sometimes, not too bad though...
i hoping it starts to work a little bit better in the next week or two, i feel a little better today....i take 10 mg a dayto people who have experiences with this, do anti-d's help releive the detached feeling and depersonalized feelings that accompany anxiety and depression, and how for those feelings to start to subside?
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