Posted by sme on June 9, 2003, at 23:06:31
In reply to Re: New to Lexapro, posted by jaycee on January 10, 2003, at 6:09:33
I'm so glad I found this site! The relief I feel is tremendous. I take Lexapro....
#1 - I sweat more than a cold beer in a hot room every night. Soaked!!! Every one was telling me I was going through premature menapause. I'm only 31.
#2 - I do have the tremors but not as bad as with the celexa.
#3 - The first few weeks, I felt like I was jumping out of my skin. Seriously hyper!
#4 - short term memory pretty poor.
#5 - I itch so bad! My legs and arms the most. I get little bumpy hives. Its so bad I'm scarring my legs from scratching all the time. I think I will start an antihistamine like benadryl to help it. Hopefully it will work.
#6 - Sleep. I don't sleep well. It's very difficult to fall asleep because my legs are restless and sweating profusely at night is probably not helping.Although all of this may seem a bit much, it's actually the best tolerated effects that I have ever experienced than from any other med I have taken. I took Prozac - I wanted to kill people and jump in front of moving vehicles. I took Paxil - I gained 30 pounds and was still depressed. I took Effexor - Panic attacks about every 3 minutes. I took serezone - spoke and walked like a drunkard. My eyes would shaked back and forth in my head, so my vision was also blurred. I tried Remeron - a bad day at work would be a vacation than to deal with me.
I take .50 mgs of xanax to help me sleep at night. It takes the edge off, but it does not gaurantee a good night sleep by no means. Good luck with all of you, and if any one has any suggestions to help the side effects, please let me know! Thanks
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