[ey8675]

Can anyone give a testimonial regarding their usage of this drug. I've been given a prescription but have not yet filled.

Thanks, Joe

[sexysue]

it is the sister drug to lexopra and lexopra is pure hell while you are on it and also trying to get off it too . the withdrawals from lexopra is pure torture . if i was you , i would not take any of them at all as they are both related to each other . they are literally the same drug as each other . hope this helps you makes the right choice

[julmare]

I would totally disagree with the last post. Everything affects everyone differently. Lexapro is a very advanced drug and I've been taking it since January with no problems. It has actually helped me when other drugs couldn't. It's worth a try. I think the first step to feeling better is to admit to yourself that you can feel better and that you want something more from your life. So try it, it helped me.

[sexysue]

it may be a very advanced drug but it can still cause potential damage to the person who is taking it . any drug can . try natural alternatives . much better than these dangerous chemicals . it is your choice what you do but i just giving you my views on this matter which i can express freely

[julmare]

Of course you can express your ideas freely - no one is suggesting that you can't. But when you say "you're hooked on it for life" or "I hope you make the right choice", you are scaring people away from something that may be very helpful to them and that isn't okay. Putting irrational fears in someone else's head is not okay. And I can also express freely my disagreement with what you say.

[bluejeans]

hi everyone, brand new to the site and as i see, like many of you, i've come to admit to myself that I am addicted to percocet. I've been using on and off (mostly on) for the past year or so. I have to admit, i love percs, it's like i am this super human version of myself with limitless energy, spunk, frienliness, i'm unstoppable. However, this superhuman woman also has this deep dark haunting secret which is ruining her health, her life and her relationships. A couple months back i actually went off cold turkey, was the worst thing i've ever gone through and then one day thought it would be okay to take some percs for "some fun", needless to say here I am, back at square one, scared to death of quitting. I just started my own business so needless to say this is not going to be easy because i don't have even one day off, it's only myself and my fiance working there, and we're both coming off. For some reason he is perfectly fine though, i don't get it because i literally feel like i'm dying. I'm a wreck physically and i just feel like crying non-stop, all i do is laze around and mope and complain and sleep. i miss the old me if you know what i mean. I feel like i will never be myself again. When i do things without percs everything seems so depressing and i find myself asking "is this what life is like withouth percs? is this what i have to look forward to?" I'm currently tapering off, however not working out too well because now my dealer is out and i usually go to him daily as opposed to stashing for the week. I was so scared of going cold turkey because im the type that just gets syptoms so so horribly. My fiance just started training for this UFC type fighting and has so much energy, is super confident and excited about quitting, seems like he's just so far ahead of me i will never catch up and i'm just left behind, alone and withdrawing. I'm afraid he just looks at me now like some drug addict because all he says to me is "just don't focus on it". To me that just makes no sense becasue i can barely focus on anything else. I wish I could be like him adn i don't understand it because we were both doing the same amount. I think at one point we were up to 240mg each a day and now i'm down (day 1 of tapering) to between 40 and 60 mg per day. Am i tapering too quickly? i'm feeling super ****ty so i'm thinking i may be. I've had a couple of friends tell me to go to the methodone clinic, and that's pretty much what i have some questions about. First of all, i am completely embarassed and scared to see someone I know. Secondly i see these people still taking their methodone drink 3 months later, is this normal? would anyone here recommend going to the methodone clinic? what is it like? how does it feel? are there withdrawal symptoms from that? some advice would be great. I copied the Thomas recipe however I don't have access to any of the xanax type meds listed first, does it still work well without them?
looking forward to getting to know all of you, support is so important and it's nice to know there are people out there as ****ed up as i am feeling just as lonely. It will be nice to talk to people without hearing "just don't focus on it".
Nice to meet you all.

Yours Truly,
Blue Jeans

[Tiff28428]

I am sorry for what u r going thru I know how bad that can be I used for 4 years every day. I tried rehab detox wheening nothing worked!!!! Then my mom told me about Suboxone and let me tell u it is the best thing in my life I have my life back my energy without pills, yeah can u emagine energy without them???? I have been clean for right at a year. And I am back to normal but we must never forget where we have been. It feels good to wake up and not have to worry about the stress of using. And it is far less embarissing using something like suboxone than being an addict!! I have tried methadone but only got high off it and addicted suboxone is better in my opinion.
Good Luck! and remember you didnt become an addict over night so easy does it!!!!!!!

[sydbean]

Bluejeans ~ Please copy your post and go over the the long painkiller addiction thread and go to the highest number page and post on there. You will get a lot of support and info there. Also I think it would be good for you to just read and read and read all the pages on the painkiller addiction thread.

I am just afraid that no one will see your post because it is kinda hidden on this thread.

I really do hope you post over there. You are NOT alone. There are so many that have "been there, done that" and they have all sorts of advice and info.

One thing I want to say right now so it doesn't get lost in the other posts is DO NOT GO ON METHADONE!! You will just be trading one addiction for another and if you want to know about withdrawals that will take you to misery like you have never known that is what I can promise you will happen if you go on Methadone. No matter how bad it sucks you are looking at about a week of severe symptoms if you go cold turkey from the meds you are taking now. You are looking at about a month (at least) if you go cold turkey from Methadone.


I wanted to be sure to tell you that and I really do hope you come over the the p/k addiction thread!!!

Hugs,
Syd

[auntybiotic]

ey...........


I would not take the Cexexa.................you may feel better for awhile but when you decide it's time to quit you will regret that you ever swallowed a pill. They are addictive and harder to get off then cocaine.

Check out the Lexapro (Cexexa's sister drug) Withdral Forum here and will will read of hundreds of people that are going thru hell. The damage that SSRI's do to the body is a crime and that is not even talking about weight gain.