[mike112]

I went to the doctor with a mild case of anxiety and at first he gave me xanax(.25mg) which pretty much did the trick. Once I finished the prescription I was fine for a little bit until the panic returned. I went back and he decided to prescribe me Lexapro(10mg). I took a pill and a half and this has to be the worst product on earth. I’ve already experienced every side effect from supper depression to muscle twitches to sexual problems, diarrhea to headaches the list goes on. I decided to go cold turkey after 2 days on it. my question is how long will these symptoms last? cause I’ve been off it for 2 days now and I feel worse then ever, like im a depressed zombie.(ps. I’ve never been depressed in my life until I took this pill) please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
And one more note, I took 1 pill on Tuesday (Nov 28), and a half a pill on Wednesday(Nov 29). Today is Saturday and I still feel like a zombie(like im not myself) im still experiencing body twitches, insomnia, loss of appetite and sexual dysfunction. What’s going on??????all this from only 2 pills?

[Carly J]

Hi Mike,
I must first ask, if your doctor prescibed you 10mg, weren't you given the 10mg pills? If you took 1 and a half then thats 15mg you took? Thats a high dose for your first time.

After 2 full pills, the ugly affects hit me with full force too, I was a total zombie, apathetic zombie, incredibly sleepy, headaches, partial closing of my throat, I was definately not myself, loss of appetite, sexual dysfunctions, the works. Lex works very quickly.

I must make this clear though, what a few people seem to forget, is that in the beginning they want to go off the drug and switch to something else because they hate it. This is NORMAL most of the time. These are THE side effects!! They will go away! You will get these almost no matter what!! I read this everywhere where ppl suddenly forget this. I've been on Lex for three weeks and I've experienced about 12 very bad side effects, it was awful at first and hated it. But these are very harsh drugs so its very normal and it goes away (except for weight issues and sexual probs as everyone knows)

Did you stop because your doctor told you to? Or did you just stop by yourself?

Naked to the honesty of existance.

[kare]

hi,
i was on lexapro earlier this year, about june til august sometime. the side effects go away in 1-2 weeks, for me they did anyway.

i was diagnosed with post-natal dep, wanted to leave my family and could not stop crying. i have a lot of issues i still need to resolve..

the only bad that i had happen was a burst of guilt that came over me from having to use anti dep's to make myself feel 'normal'... so i stopped cold turkey without weaning myself off the medication.

i started meditating and taking deep breaths whenever i felt low and it seemed to help me get past the bad times okay. though recently i started having arguments with my partner over nothing, feeling very insecure and anxious about my baby and my relationship. the doctor was upset with me for going off my medication without consulting her, though i did tell her once i stopped.

she has put me back in lexapro this week (mon).. and it is now friday.. silly me - i started taking full tablets instead of the half to get my body used to the drug again and the last few days i have been yawning so much, i can't remember doing something in my day without yawning while doing it!

today hasnt been so bad though, im actually not feeling that bad, a little tired, but not as bad as the last few days. i had a mild headache when i woke up, though i put that down to dehydration as it seems to have subsided.

this is day # 5 and so far its okay.

the only thing is when i was on it earlier this year.. i cant remember being THIS fatigued, though i felt nautious.. whereas now.. i cant say i have experienced any nausea..

[soupcans21]

I once tried this myself and I took the first dose and did not sleep for 2 days and I was in a weird haze. I was never depressed, just had anxiety issues, but felt depressed on the drug. I took 3 doses and then my Doctor told me to stop. The side effects were too bad and I was not safe to be on my own. I would fall down and did not sleep for about a week. Not a good drug for me. I could not even sleep with Ambien or Ativan, but when it wore off I slept for a real long time. My Doc. told me that this medecine wasn't for everyone.

[milissa_ruggles_rae]

i have used lexapro myself and for about 4 months to try and make sense of it for me the bad effect never completely went away and as far as the depression tho there was not much worsening in the conditionit certainly was no better i quit using after 4 mths of use because there was not any improvement have been put on several others all to the same effect until my dr finally gave up pn the SSRI approch and went and gave me xanax 5 mg and it has been alot better the anxiety is better my insomnia is betterand without those 2 major factors in my life the depression is finnaly starting to lift yay!