[robsinfo]

Hi,
Wanted to let you know that SAM-E will actually repair your liver. It is also helpful for depression and gives you added energy. It is over the counter now but the FDA is looking at it and will soon be by script only I imagine. I buy Nature Made when I find buy one get one free at the drug stores (which is frequent). I felt results on the second day, some takes longer. It is a bit expensive but worth its weight in gold or should I say human life. Please, give it a try. My cousin is in the late stages of Hep. C and couldn't believe the improvement. Good luck.
Robbie

quote:Originally posted by auntybiotic

Hi again,

My daughter has gone from 20 Mg of Lexapro to 14 1/2 over the last 4 to 5 months. It has been horrible.
Severe sweating and chills
Naseau
Mood Liability
Restless legs
Adrenaline surges where she cleans her room till 2 AM
Nasal stuffiness
Stomach cramps
Craving for carbs
Weight gain
Unable to sleep
Extreme exhaustion all day and into the night
SEVERE VIVID NIGHTMARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Withfrawing from kamily and friends

We have weaned/tapered SO SLOW and she has still experienced withdrawals from hell.

Has anyone returned to normal after stopping?

Anyone NOt have the brain zaps?

I am so scared what the future of more tapering will bring.

aunty

[tjwriter]

I saw a quote from aunty-- i am 17 and i tapered off, rather quickly...about 11 days or 12..and then stopped alltogether...I have been off over 2 weeks now, coming on threeish. I never had these brain zaps everyone talks about. I had alot of moodiness, and irritability, and that is still there a bit but i have always been that way. Plus i stay up late and get up early, so i simply may be tired. I am actually feeling good lately, and I am so shocked that I am not having the panic problems I had when I was 14. I was on Lexapro for 3 years. if you have other questions let me know..i am a little freaked out about the brain damage thing...can anyone clarify to me about that?

thanks

TJ

[opehl73]

I have been on 20 mg. Lexapro for 2 years or so. Prozac first, then Celexa, then Lexapro (over the course of about 10 years).

Recently my psychologist and i talked about switching my meds. I HATE the thought of going thru this, but the Lexapro really doesn't seem to be working anymore - not really sure how well it ever did. I always just assume "well, this probably would be worse if i wasn't taking anything". Anyone else go thru that?

Anyway, going to see my PCP tomorrow and not sure what he will say. In the past it was "let's try this" without a whole lot of thought or discussion, really. I'm scared. Anyone have any success with other drugs? I have been diagnosed with "Major Depression" but my self diagnosis, and agreed upon by my psychologist is "Atypical Depression with Anxiety"

Any feedback would be GREAT.
THANKS!
Tara

[redrunner]

quote:Originally posted by tjwriteri am a little freaked out about the brain damage thing...can anyone clarify to me about that?

Allow me:

It's really easy to start dissing the entire medical/psychiatric field and spreading rumors based on heresay. Especially when the professionals are admittedly playing ********************s with chemicals. I just don't like to see people taking the easy way out and screaming about doomsday and the evils of Western Medicine when they run into issues. The boards are full of people who think they know more than doctors and whose duty it is to save the rest of us from the vast medical/corporate conspiracy. While they sometimes have a good beef, they usually sound like Chicken Little, and that's no more trustworthy than the Docs, who at least have studied a bit, and not derived their skepticism from a friend of a friend they met online.

[auntybiotic]

tjwriter,

I am so glad to find someone that has NOT had the ZAPS. How long were you on Lexapro and at what dosage? How fast did you taper?
Did you get the stomach pains or nightmares or sweats and chills?

Robbie,

Let me know how the Same E is going. It is my understanding that you need to be completely off SSRI's before starting this.

gphel 73,

I think all SSRI's are dangerous because they chemically alter the serotonin butI have heard efferxor is extremely hard to stop once started...........probably similiar to Paxil and Lexapro.

Good Luck

[tjwriter]

Hi aunty! I was on for three years at 10mg. I did try to go off once this year as well but I found myself edgy. Due to other health problems, which i brough on myself, I am seeing now, we decided it was a good idea to go off lexapro to eliminate any variables.

I cut down to 5mg for about 11-12 days (my mom says she counted but I think she just "guestamated") and I stopped completely. I did have a little stomach cramping but it has mostly gone away I think, and no nightmares. I did get a little sweaty, and I thought all the panic was coming back but I was amazed to see now after almost 3 weeks off it or so, I haven't had any panic, I mean mild stuff, but it would have come if I was on the medicine. Some panic is just not stoppable with me.

So I tapered off very quickly, and surprisingly or not, I am doing just great. Better than I have been in a while, actually.

TJ

[DMS321]

Hi all,

Robbie,

Wanted to let you know that the bp med that i was taking was making my pulse go up and it still hasn't slowed down, the lexapro did not make my pulse and bp change...

It has almost been 2 weeks off Lexapro and I have only still had the dizziness and lightheadedness.... every so often i feel like i need a nap but other than that I am feeling great..... I no longer feel super sluggish and i am no longer upset to my stomach all the time... Did anyone else feel yucky while taking Lexapro???

[robsinfo]

Wow slow down red runner,
I'm curious as to how much interaction you have had with Doctors, Nurses, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers for illness, injuries,surguries, and recovery for you and/or your family? This is not a retorical question. Also, I would venture to bet you are on the younger side.Many direct family members of mine are medical professionals of all types. I know from experience that I have taught many Doctors about the proper way to diagnos & treat many types of illnesses and injuries. My family and I have experienced some of the most incompetant treatment at major hospitals and from several Doctors and specialists who misdiagnosing MRSA, did not know the CDC guidlines (or that it is considered a sociital epidemic) for diagnosis, containment, handleing of supplies (even unused) in the exam room the patient is in, treatment and how to ensure that the patient was truly cured. I have had the entire staff of a local hospital's E.R. (down to the folks that push the gurnnies) retrained in the treatment of diabetic hypoglocimia, been injured in the hospital when I was log rolled for the first time and the Dr., several nurses, and rehab techs record events on my chart that never happened, and the Dr. actually waited to complete my forms weeks after I was released from the hospital. He then admitted to me that he lied about the reason my stay in the hospital was 5 days instead of the normal 1 day, so the insurance co. would pay the bill! I later found out thru the family physician grapevine he was an alcoholic and had been sucessfully sued many times. Another Dr. had me pay in cash saying he was not a member of my insurance group, then submitted real and false claims to the insurance company and got paid. He was addicted to pain killers, had patients fill scripts and give them to him,ended up turning himself into the review board, got a slap on the wrist as his daughters god father was the head of the board and went back to practicing medicince! He even submitted claims for pap smears he "preformed" on my husband and got paid! He owes us over $5,000.00. I have never sued any of them, but I should have. They are people just like the rest of us. No better, sometimes worse. I also know many very intelligent, caring medical professionals who are willing to admit they don't know something when they don't. I could go on with dozens of horror stories but I hope you get my point. I have learned to question everything and do a lot of research. I'm not "dissing" anyone, only stating my expierences.

quote:Originally posted by redrunner

Allow me:

It's really easy to start dissing the entire medical/psychiatric field and spreading rumors based on heresay. Especially when the professionals are admittedly playing ********************s with chemicals. I just don't like to see people taking the easy way out and screaming about doomsday and the evils of Western Medicine when they run into issues. The boards are full of people who think they know more than doctors and whose duty it is to save the rest of us from the vast medical/corporate conspiracy. While they sometimes have a good beef, they usually sound like Chicken Little, and that's no more trustworthy than the Docs, who at least have studied a bit, and not derived their skepticism from a friend of a friend they met online.

I have 2 user names by accident. robsinfo and robsinfo2

[Wigging out]

To Robbie,

I'm with you about redrunner. The only reason I'm having this conversation is because 1..when I moved to a new city, the doctor decided to lower my thyroid med..2..that little maneuver created sleeplessness, anxiety, agitation, hair loss, weight gain and severe moodiness. The worst was the mental part so I asked for Lexapro as from what I read, it was supposed to have less side effects than other SSRI's. After 8 months of being a zombie and 15 lbs additional weight gain, I decided to taper off of it and now have all of the brain zap, dizziness, nausea, concentration, memory and speech problems. Why did I listen to them in the first place. My thyroid results are atypical but they insist on dosing according to normal parameters in spite of what I tell them. No one knows better than the patient the effects the drugs have on them and I've learned the hard way that we must manage our health care. I have chronic fatigue so the Lexapro made me drowsy on top of that and I was spending more and more time asleep. The doctors have been of no help with the fatigue so I'm left to my own resources and treatments.

[speechy]

hi there everyone. I wanted to let you all know how my tapering has been going so that maybe it might help someone else.

I had been on lex for one and a half years to counteract anxiety caused by a medication i was taking for ulceritive colitis (bowel disease). i stopped taking that med...so decided to stop the lexapro, as it made me have NO sex drive and unable to enjoy that part of my life.

i had been on 20mg, then tapered down to 10, and then stopped cold turkey. the brain zaps here horrible, so i started taking them again (10) every other day. all the zapping and ect. went away.

i found this site and someone gave a really simple idea...listen to your body. so i began ONLY taking the pill when i had side withdrawl symptoms. that was about every 4 days for like 2 1/2 weeks. then it increased to 5 days....six days...until i was up to once a week. my mom (who was a pharmacy tech before she retired) suggested i cut the pills in half and now only take 5mg when i feel the symptoms. I did it...now i am on 5mg every 7 or 8 days.

i realize not everyone would be able to it this way...but it makes sense to just LISTEN to your body. and it is totally working for me. the only side effects i get now are the dizzyness and zaps. if i take a pill, they go away in about 4 hours.

i hope this might help some of you.

also...in the light of TOM CRUISE and his bantering lately...dont let his opinions make any of you feel bad for turing to meds. i am not advocating them or denying them. i have a friend who tried to commit suicide several times because of depression. she took welbutrin to get here head strait and research other ways to deal with her feelings. she now exercises and writes in a journal to help herself, and no longer needs the meds...but im not sure she could have gotten through without them.

so hang in there everyone!!!

PS. i also tried a clensing tea to help with the side effects...it didnt work for me, but it DID make me feel healthier.

[redrunner]

quote:Originally posted by robsinfo
[brI'm curious as to how much interaction you have had with Doctors, Nurses, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers for illness, injuries,surguries, and recovery for you and/or your family? .... I'm not "dissing" anyone, only stating my expierences.

I apologize if my current state of quasi-withdrawal from these meds has me a little edgy. Perhaps I'm Brain Damaged from withdrawal...

I'm not meaning to imply that there aren't horrible doctors and that we don't sometimes know more than they do. But when I hear that XYZ causes Brain Damage, spoken as if it is a proven fact, I have to suggest that the person is probably fudging things a little, or reporting unsubstantiated information from other sources. If this fact were indeed that cut-and-dried, then yes, it's still possible that it'd still be prescribed, given the relationship between the FDA, doctors and the drug companies, but I think it's irresponsible to say such things without backing them up.

[DMS321]

Speechy,

I agree with you 100%, you really need to listen to your body.... sometimes the drs aren't right and sometimes they are... but most of all you just need to listen to your body... i also agree with you on the subject of needing drugs and not needing them.... i needed to be on lexapro a while back but i feel that my life is going very well now and that i am ready to not be on a med (listening to my body again), my opinion is that once you feel you have your head straight, with the right meditation, exercise and journaling you can make it through (atleast i hope [])

[robsinfo]

To all of the amazingly brave people who have posted here,
I spoke with the manufacturer's rep. about Lexapro yesterday. He told me this is not classified as an addictive drug but as a "----" drug,(I can't remember the word he used but it was obviously choosen with forethought of future liabilites) thus there could be no withdrawel sympotoms. When I told him of all my symptoms and that I felt it was addictive, as many others experienced the same, he wanted to know what scientific info I based this on. What a weasal. My reply was that for so many people having one common denominator, withdrawing from Lexapro, are experiencing the same symptons (which they had never had before) was enough "scientific evidence" for me. I asked how long it had been on the market, the answer, since 2002! Next I asked how long had they stuided the affects of the med. before conculding it was safe and not addictive. Here's the kicker, 12, yes, twelve, weeks! That floored me, I stated that they could have no "sientific eviedence" on the long, or short, term affects if that was the length of the study. He was curt, carefully planned every word he said, and was not at all concerned about us. My conclusion, we have become their human guinea pigs and not being studied for affects as we should be, the Drs. no nothing about the drug as there is nothing documented. We are it, the true "scientific eveidence" of the affects and effectivness of this drug. I now feel it is even more important to become proactive, get this off the market, let the world know what is happening, and protect others from it. I don't know how yet, but I will start investigating the options. Anyone else who can or will please let me know. One thing I know for sure, I will always ask how long a med has been on the market and the length of the study before I use it.
Good luck to all,
Robbie

quote:Where there is a will, there is a way.

I have 2 user names by accident. robsinfo and robsinfo2

[robsinfo]

Dear Red,
No need to apologize. I am still curious as to your level of experience with Doctors. On one hand mine being so extensive and deverse is a bad thing in that it is due to injuries and illness of mine and my family and friends, they have been misdiagnosed, treated incorrectly or not at all causing the worsening of the condition and in some cases spreading of infections to others. The flip side is good in that it has prompted me to do tons of research resulting in the expansion of my knowledge, I have been able to help others from suffering the affects of misdiagnosis, teach others how to properly manage several diseases, dispell myths associated with those dieases, invoke changes in procedures, policies, and re-educating the staff of at least one large hospital, one major airport, and many schools. One person can make a difference. When suffering from injuries and diseases many ask "Why me?", I ask "What am I supposed to learn from this and how should I use that knowledge?". Not to say I haven't (and still do) cried, felt sorry for myself, asked why me, but when I do I think of the other questions I should be asking and try to take it one minute at a time. Gotta go, the headache is starting and I still have too much to do. Good luck to you Red.
Robbie

quote:Originally posted by redrunner

I apologize if my current state of quasi-withdrawal from these meds has me a little edgy. Perhaps I'm Brain Damaged from withdrawal...

I'm not meaning to imply that there aren't horrible doctors and that we don't sometimes know more than they do. But when I hear that XYZ causes Brain Damage, spoken as if it is a proven fact, I have to suggest that the person is probably fudging things a little, or reporting unsubstantiated information from other sources. If this fact were indeed that cut-and-dried, then yes, it's still possible that it'd still be prescribed, given the relationship between the FDA, doctors and the drug companies, but I think it's irresponsible to say such things without backing them up.

I have 2 user names by accident. robsinfo and robsinfo2

[redrunner]

quote:[ I am still curious as to your level of experience with Doctors.

Very little, compared to you. I've had enough shrinks and doctors to know that no-one is to be "trusted"...you have to be your own advocate. But again, my beef is with simplistic comments like "Lexapro gives you brain damage", not with healthy skepticism.

[courtney_girl]

HI GUYS, JUST WANNA SAY THAT SAM-E really works!! its awesome! i take it every second day (the day when im not taking my tapered dose of lex. its fantastic!!

quote:Originally posted by robsinfo

Hi,
Wanted to let you know that SAM-E will actually repair your liver. It is also helpful for depression and gives you added energy. It is over the counter now but the FDA is looking at it and will soon be by script only I imagine. I buy Nature Made when I find buy one get one free at the drug stores (which is frequent). I felt results on the second day, some takes longer. It is a bit expensive but worth its weight in gold or should I say human life. Please, give it a try. My cousin is in the late stages of Hep. C and couldn't believe the improvement. Good luck.
Robbie

[courtney_girl]

hey guys........ tis now 16 days since i started weaning.... only about 2 more weeks to go (if all goes well)
just wanted to aks anyone who has come off lex..... how long did it take for your libido to come back??? and also, how long did it take to lose the weight u gained on it??? i go to gym 3 times a week and eat mainly heatly foods.
thanx peoples!!

[Wigging out]

Hi Courtney,

Libido returned after being off lex for one week cold. I tapered from 10mg to 5mg one week, then .25 for one week, then nothing. My energy is starting to return. Weight is still a problem but as I become more active, I'm hopeful that the 15 extra pounds will come off, but I don't hold out any hope that it will be more than 2 lbs a week, if that. I'm on SamE also...I think it's helping but time will tell.

[mokka022]

As I sit here, I can barely feel my arms and hands typing on the keyboard. When I standup, I feel as though I may fall over. I'm sick to my stomach and feel as though I'm having an out of body experience...AGAIN. Oh...and how can I forget the electric shocks in my head and the numbness in my face and lips.

I have been on Lexapro 20mg for 2.5 years. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder complicated by estrogen imbalances and probably also related to a colorful past with experimental drugs as a college student.

When I first began Lexapro, the first several weeks felt like I was on speed or no-dose. That subsided eventually but then came the weight gain. Over two years I have probably gained 40 pounds (luckily I'm tall so I can carry it okay...but I feel ********************py about my self image). I am 5'10" and was 175 lbs. The fact that I also have a thyroid problem did not help this matter and at 29 I am now taking .150 synthroid dosage.

About 3 weeks ago, my doctor decided to switch me to 150mg of Wellbutrin. The first two weeks, I took the Wellbutrin with 10mg of Lexapro. I felt great! Began excercising again and have already lost 10lbs. But, about 10 days ago, I completely stopped the Lexapro and began only taking the Wellbutrin. This was at the doctor's direction. I was fine until yesterday when the withdrawl hit.

I experienced this once before. While taking the 20mg Lexapro, I had run out and for some reason just kept forgetting to get to the drugstore. Seven days into the "cold-turkey" mode, I thought I was dying. Seriously! I thought maybe I had a brain tumor because of the tremors, electric shocks, the surreal feeling of not being in my body, the vertigo. Of, course as soon as I began taking the Lexapro again, I was fine...at least by Lexapro standards.

Today, however "fine" is not a word I would use to describe how I feel. I am waiting to hear from the doctor about what I should do now. I'm beginning to wonder if the original anxiety and moodiness was better than dealing with all this madness...

[Wigging out]

Hi Mokka,

I concluded that it is better to deal with the anxiety and moodiness than deal with the numbness and weight gain caused by Lexapro. I too have a low thryoid. I've decided to try natural supplements. I'm currently taking samE for mood elevation and I just read about inositol that is supposed to help with anxiety. I'm 11 days off of Lexapro and I still have the brain shocks. My energy has improved somewhat so I'm able to take walks. The miserableness is lessened when I take Ibuprofen...currently at 800 mg when I have to face the world. I plan to tell my doctor to restore my thyroid meds back to original levels which is what started this nightmare for me when they decided to lower the synthroid.

[auntybiotic]

Mokka,
How did you stop the 20Mg? Cold Turkey? I tapering how did you taper, by how much for how long.

Wiggen out,

Did you taper off Lexapro?? BY how much? When did the brain zaps occur? How often do you get them?

Thanks and Good luck to you both.

[mokka022]

Thanks for the advice Wigging Out...I'll do some research on those mood elevators.

Auntybiotic,

I never really meant to stop taking the 20mg of Lexapro. I simply just ran out and so I wasn't taking it for about 7 days. That's when I first realized, after talking to a friend, that these "things" I was feeling could be related to the fact that I had just stopped altogether. Then I did research and I found many people, like us that experience the awful side effects that come with trying to come off Lexapro. As soon as I started the 20mg again, I was fine.

But, now my doctor is trying to switch me to Wellbutrin for a)weight loss and b)to help with smoking cessation. For 6 months my thyroid has been uncontrollable. 6 months ago I was taking .075mg and now .150 (that's double!!!)and I'm only 29?!?!?!

So, originally I was taking half my Lexapro dosage and a full 150 Wellbutrin at the same time (this was for 2 weeks). I then was told by my doc to stop the Lexapro altogether and only take the WB. It's about 1 week now of only WB and last night, the madness started again.

What's your story?

[Wigging out]

Aunty,

I was on 10 mg Lexapro for 8 months. Tapered to 5 mg once/day for one week, then .25 mg for second week. The brain zaps started about the second week of tapering and got worse in the third week when I stopped altogether. They are constant when I move my head or eyes but last only for a second. I have to watch when I get up as they make me unbalanced for few seconds. I gained 15 lbs in the 8 months I was on Lexapro. I started taking SamE about 5 days ago..it may take a while for it to reach it's full potency. I'm going to get inositol for anxiety as soon as I can get to the health food store.

I read about your daughter and you have my sympathy. As I said in earlier posts, I'm glad no one is around me at this time. I have withdrawn from friends and social activities until things level out. We know our behavior is terrible but can't seem to control it. It's gotta be a nightmare between mother and daughter as that relationship is usually tense to begin with.

[robsinfo]

Dear Red,
I aggree with you about the "friend of a friend" thing. I went right to the source, Rosie, with an e-mail asking for more definative information. I recieved a notice stating my e-mail is still waiting to be sent, if I remeber it was due to Rosie being on vacation, not sure tho. Rosie hasn't written many times and I noticed her comment with the brain damaged friend and that she was now going for an MRI to see if she was in a reply to her from Aunty. It is a bit odd that in her comment brain damage was underlined, when I clicked it I was led to a blog by attornies that specialize in head & brain injury. The blog is very informative, has a lot of other useful info. In paticular for me, the Americans with disabliaties act is celebrating 15 years in a few days. I belive some good changes will be forth coming. My son is diabetic and we have learned the law as the schools mishandled his treatments so many times. Prior to the begining of each school year I trained as many staff members involved with him (bus drivers and cafeteria even) as possible, gave printed materials and video tapes, but it still happened. Even the school nurses are misinformed. I was thrilled to read our state has just passed a new law obligating each school to have at least one other staff member trained at the nurses level, all staff to have some training, and that students can now carry their test kits and administer insulin or correct highs and lows in the classroom. I forced our schools to let him do this years ago by presenting letters from the childrens hospital and questes from the disabilites act. The other useful info included discriptions of many diagnostic methods related to head trauma that I hadn't heard of and the top Nuerosurgery hospitals were recently listed and they published them on thier blog. I am going to contact the attornies as I do need counsel. I had no idea that was even a specialty. So even if she posted that to intoduce these attornies I found some resources I can utilize. I hope you are feeling better and you will be over it quickly.
Always,
Robbie

quote:Originally posted by redrunner

Very little, compared to you. I've had enough shrinks and doctors to know that no-one is to be "trusted"...you have to be your own advocate. But again, my beef is with simplistic comments like "Lexapro gives you brain damage", not with healthy skepticism.

I have 2 user names by accident. robsinfo and robsinfo2

[robsinfo]

Hey everyone,
I am receiving e-mail notices telling me I have had a reponse from different people in this group. It says to click the address that is included to read the response. When I do it brings me to this area but I can't find the messages, even when I search by name. I am still learning but couldn't find out how accomplish this on the site, so I turn to you. Also, what is the difference in sending the message as basic, help, or prompt? The discriptins given were not too clear (or it could be me). I would appreciate any help. Please post as a general message so I will be sure to find it. Thanks to all. My thoughts are with each of you daily.
Always,
Robbie

I have 2 user names by accident. robsinfo and robsinfo2

[smunchette]

You all are WONDERFUL!!!!!
You give hope, advice and INFORMATION! We NEED to stay together!
I am about to begin my withdrawal from Lexapro and it will be much easier because I have all of you to help me. I too should never have taken this medication. I did not do the one thing I profess to others - RESEARCH! I was too busy with my husbands illness to take proper care of myself.
Over the past ten years of dealing with his doctors (of lack ther of) I have found the internet and INFORMATION to be our best friend! Because his illness is not a "money maker" and could infact cause them a lawsuit his doctors have suggested we MOVE TO A UNIVERSITY SETTING! Can you believe that!
So, if you think our bouts with depression are going to get any doctor to care enough to advise and research for us you can forget it - they just don't have the time or in most cases care. WE MUST STICK TOGETHER!!!
This website shows more information than ANY doctor could offer and as we each share expereiences and concerns we LEARN!
So, I say THANK YOU! Keep up the good work, thanks for being there for me and all the others and remember - everything happens for a reason - and you sharing is the best "reason" anyone should have to go through what you all are experiencing!

[redrunner]

quote:Originally posted by robsinfo

It is a bit odd that in her comment brain damage was underlined, when I clicked it I was led to a blog by attornies that specialize in head & brain injury.

Well there you have it. Personal Injury Lawyers. Here I was thinking this was a hack posting, but it was no hack. It was a highly biased source who makes a living suing the medical industry. I'm not saying all personal injury lawyers are scum. They are a necessary evil, like snakes who keep the rodent population down. But...well, what more need I say?

Beware, people, these rooms are full of people with agendas other than health.

[Wigging out]

Robbie,

When you mentioned the link thing in Rosie's message, I looked at my previous message where I said I was going to the health food store. When my message posted, health food store was underlined and it was a link. I didn't put the link there...it looks like certain words are automatically linked to this web site's sponsers. How's that for a revelation, Red?

If you want to come directly to this page, the next time you are reviewing the posts here, hit your favorites button and bookmark it. The next time, it will bring you right to this section, but make sure you look to see if there are succeeding pages.[/red]

[auntybiotic]

Wigging Out,

You are right about the LINKS that appear that we the poster did not include. I noticed that this has happened on several of my posts also. Guess there is no way to stop it. Possibly the site has agreed to let sponsors do this. I also notice under the last reply there are advertisements for products that they are hoping to sell.

[Wigging out]

Hi Aunty,

I also noticed that if I put my message in bold, the links won't show up. By the way, it's been 14 days since I stopped Lexapro and I still have the brain zaps. Miserableness comes and goes. If I have to go out anywhere I take 2 advil (400 mg)...seems to help somewhat with other symptoms but still feel the zaps. I started taking natural supplements: green food (magma plus), inositol/choline in addition to the SamE.

Wigging out less.