Posted by ocdforyears on December 17, 2003, at 18:06:30
In reply to Anyone switched to Lexapro? « ggrrl, posted by Dr. Bob on June 11, 2002, at 7:52:48
it took me a while to get registered, but here I am. I've had obsessions and anxiety as long as I can remember, and I'm near 40 now. Bad depressions ten or so years ago. Lots of therapy.
The therapy gradually has helped depression very much, though I still have some. But the obsessions...I didn't even know I had them for a long time. I thought I was crazy, or going to hurt myself, or some such rot. Fact is I hadhave OCD. My current obsession, which I don't want to really get into, relates to my wife and has put lots of strain on my marriage and really ruined my ability to enjoy a beautiful family.
I've been working with a therapist, again, for a year and a half, and it does help, though I want to do more of that cognitive stuff I read so much about in relation to my disorder.
Years ago I took every med before the ssri's came out, maoi's, tricyclics...nothing helped but xanax and that knocked me out so much I haven't had it in many years. Now, one week on lexapro.
Zoloft, which I tried first, was really tough to handle for me. I felt spacey and anxious and kind of surreal. I lasted one week. So far the lex, at only 5 mg (10 left me feeling very stimulated) has been much easier to handle. It makes me tired by wired at the same time, but not excessively so. I feel a little strange, probably from the stimulation, but not much. And I have to say, today, my seventh day on it, my depression really seems to be changing. Not the obsessions yet, but the depression feels different. I feel different. For someone depressed most of his life, that's encouraging. If it could help with my ocd...I'd be really amazed.
So far no other side effects. No sexual side effects that I've noticed; that worried me also (worry is big for me). Anyway, thanks for listening and I'll keep you posted (pun intended). Hopefully it will keep working, and actually touch my elusive ocd symptoms. OCD is a vicious, cruddy disease.
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