Posted by lil' jimi on May 20, 2003, at 21:08:01
In reply to Thank You All -To Hell With This!, posted by riffraff on May 20, 2003, at 8:46:29
hey there, riffraff,
and we thank you, for posting to our (really, dr. bob's) message board/lexapro thread ....
> Initially, I went to the doc for a physical. I am a 30 year old male and was experiencing back pain, pain in my groin, trouble getting to sleep and digestion problems. I thought that it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a physical. I've almost never had health insurance or been to a doctor, and thought that it would be a good idea to get checked out. As it turns out, I was having panic attacks and was presribed clonazepam. The clonozepam was great for getting me to sleep, but was leaving me hung-over, lathargic, and depressed the next day, so I went back to the doc, who then put me on Lexapro. I haven't started taking it yet and I don't think I will. Fuck all this. I don't think that, for me, it is worth risking all these side-affects so many of ya'll are describing and then becoming dependent on some drug to keep me from becoming depressed. I don't know that I have a chemical imbalance like many of you have described. No body ever took any fluid sample from me and then came back and said, "here, see, you have a chemical imbalance." My doctor never even used the words, "chemical imbalance" He just said, "take this drug." At first, he mentioned paxel. When I told him that I had heard some bad things about paxel, he said that he wanted to put me on lexapro. He said that it was, basically, the same drug as paxel, prozac, etc. When I asked him, "why then do you seem to be pushing this particular drug," he said, "because it's the latest, greatest thing." I don't trust these people. Fuck it.
i can hear what you're feeling .... more than a little angry myself ... the rage ....
got to keep it from family,
from work ....only one way to know how lex will effect you ....
all the clinical studies,
all the statistics,
and
all of the anecdotes and stories you read here,
do not mean a thing,
when
compared to trying it.(btw, for as much as we are all adults here (maybe not?) and we can all handle adult vocabulary and all .... here at bob's webspace we have to observe a higher level of civility because "we do not want to offend anyone" is like one of the rules .... so, like i'm just letting you know that you may expect some commentary from management and that's just the nature of the order of psycho-babble ... anyway these are the kinds of things which are discussed at psycho-babble administration ..... i think it might be legal to use * creatively, such as sh*t , f*ck or, of course, c*nn*ngl*ng*s, for heavens' sake ... ... please consider this the gentlest warning i could manage, thanks)
even if there was a statistically significant population of optimally responsive lex users (who never post here because would never have the need), that too would not be any reason to think your response would be one way or the other.
hey, it's a crap shoot ... for some, lex turns the key that gives them back their life ..... for some it's poison ..... for you ? ........ . who knows ?
whether you decide to take your prescription or not, i'd like you to continue to post here, please .... i mean, no one has to take anything, to post messages here .... if you felt like talking sometime, folks here listen.
~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
thread:109458
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030520/msgs/227973.html