I've been on Lexapro for almost four weeks now. The first week was rough with insomnia, jitters, exhaustion, etc. Once I hit week two all of that went away and I was getting the best sleep of my life. Now all of a sudden in the last week the insomnia has returned and I'm only getting a solid 2-3 hours of sleep per night. I toss and turn all night and I'm always awake by 4:30/5 and unable to fall back asleep. I've tried taking melatonin at night but that doesn't seem to be making a difference. Does it ever go away? Do I need a stronger sleep aid or a different med? I'm losing my mind.
Dealing with insomnia on Lexapro?
Question posted by sleepdeprived0712 on 17 Aug 2020
Last updated on 17 August 2020
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I was on Lexapro, did not experience potential side effects, too bad for me I suffer from insomnia for over 25 years, have good and bad nights, well there are people suffering from musch worse things in life.
Anyway I fully empathize with you, sleep depravation has even been used as torture.
I suggest you speak with you Psychiatrist and get script for a sleep aid, it has been 4 week, you must be exhausted.
typo: much
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