I'm struggling with this....as if I cannot even force myself to take a pill because I am too nervous and worried...how will i survive a week of worsening anxiety? Ugh, I will just end up in the hospital at this point. Really need my life back!
Just started taking Lexapro today. Thanks for the updates - definitely helps to know there might be light at the end of the tunnel and the “oh I hope that happens for me too” feels.
Started taking 10mg around 3 hours ago..... So far: 1 hour: Nothing 1.5 Hours: Intense feelings, weird breathing, very lethargic, bad stomach, a little panicky and shakey 3 Hours: Seems to have settled down a lot, defiantly still a little lethargic, but less intense I tried citalopram before (not escitalopram which im talking about here) and never had any of these symptoms, absolutely no symptoms tbh and i started on 20mg went up to 30mg. Ill update in in 2 weeks :D
😂 My doctor put me on this medication a year ago and I never went on it. I promised him that I will start taking it and he sent the script in again because I has thrown out the other bottle. I am terrified😂😂 laugh or cry?. I have had severe reactions to psychotropic medications. Used to be that they would put me in the hospital for a couple of days to safely navigate that transition out of that medication. I'm going to start it in a few minutes. Wish me luck reading the comment section. It does give me some hope. Anxiety has been ruling my life for the past year. It has gotten so severe. Maybe even more like a year and a half after having been the victim of a home invasion. After many other things in my life, I kind of came unraveled a lot happened so much in this past year alone.
I take Methylfolate supplements everyday along with my daily dose of Lexapro, 20mg. This is due to a genetic test that showed I possess the MTHFR mutation that hinders the conversion of dietary folate into methylfolate (which is the only form that can enter the brain). Just read up on the symptoms of this deficiency. It’s an extremely noticeable difference in efficacy of the SSRI.
I'm going in for a consultation on Friday for Deep TMS. I hope my insurance will cover it but... I'm a bit worried. I've heard of bad side effects like headaches and such. Then there's the people who didn't feel a difference after doing tms. I'm honestly sick and tired of having to take meds all the time and they eventually lose their effects anyhow.
I've been going to the psychiatrist for 5 years now because I got tired of self medicating and she gave me wellbutrin and klonopin and then switched me to adderall in Jan 2021. Adderall made me hypomanic but it was better than being depressed and anxious. I came off of everything this year in attempt to see how I feel naturally..I definitely need to be on something- I think I may have a very mild bipolar. I've been sleeping 4 hours a night and this is after months of normal sleep and being sober. My mind is racing right now, it's kinda driving me nuts lol
Please give the book "Anxiety Rx" by Russell Kennedy a chance .... The author is very open to a blend of Western & Eastern approaches. Highly Recommend this BOOK!!
I guess social media can be fun, but it's toxic as far as everyone seems so damn perfectly happy and this is just not reality. This is just an image people are trying to project ... all the perfect pictures of perfect food, all the perfect family pictures...yak yak yak. Life isn't like this at least at the pitch it is presented on social media. I would suggest to anyone to just put it away. If anyone prefers a non prescription path to managing anxiety there's plenty of information out there to help in this way too. I know anxiety way too well and it is a mind screw. It's all deception though and you will be just fine. Just work through it and be patient. You are certainly not alone and life is not all fun and games sometimes. You're getting stronger every day even though you think you're not.
Nothing to do with "big Pharma poison". Remove your tinfoil hat and stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Some people need a science-based solution after all else has failed. Reminds me of what I saw in cancer wards... people dying after being told that carrot juice would save them or some other such quack remedy, instead of following the science. Breast cancer now has a 95% survival rate thank God, because my wife went through it. Sadly, not so great a success rate for those following the quacks.
Just start on it yesterday used to be on sertaline but last year I got diagnosed wirh ADHD and weened off it and that didnt go so well for me so asked for something with a low dose so i can also treat my Anxiety , depressiom and PMDD. I think it is tuff and a process but good to know we are not alone and I am glad you had the courage to share.❤
OMG, you are so brave to post this!! I just got prescribed lexapro and I'm SO nervous about it. And, I think it actually helped me to see how hard your first week was because I think it's REALLY easy to talk myself out of medication when I'm having side effects. And, I think having a realistic picture of how hard it could be is actually really helpful. And, maybe I can start when I have time to take some naps!! Or, start by taking it at night. I also really relate to somebody is always mad at me - my anxiety makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong ALL the time.
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I feel your pain big time!! All night anxiety attacks? Yup. Not sleeping five minutes for a few days? Yup! All that for no discernable reason completely out of nowhere? Yyyyyyyep!! Paced the first floor of my house all frieken night trying to calm down. I did that exact prescription combo (Lexapro and Hydroxyzine). The hydroxyzine at least took most of the edge off until the Lexapro kicked in after a few weeks. 2 months later, I'm just on Lexapro (went from 5mg to 10mg and probably will up to 15mg in a couple of weeks when I meet with my psychiatrist next). Insomnia is much improved but still an issue here and there. Anxiety is ALMOST all gone, but like I said, I might need to bump up the strength one more notch.
I really love this video. I don’t know why I didn’t run into this video earlier. I am a 43 year old man, and I have been through the exact same thing. Please post an updated video
Do you gain or lose any weight on it? I got prescribed this, and i am not sure about taking it.. because I saw a lot of reviews saying there's weight gain
@@biking7747 I got taken off it, it wasn't working for me, it made it worse and I started experiencing some side effects I didn't like, but I do still take my abilify, now I'm going to be on welburtion
@@KristineJoyOpher did u get any side effects? and what were they?.. im 15 and im suffering from emetophobia (fear of vomiting). i got prescribed this but im scared if i get some serious side effects or nausea or vomiting..
@@sykioo maybe you should try it first, I never vomit as a side effect but sometimes I feel like vomiting but it's not that bad honestly. At first the side effects are awful but as time goes by it gets better.
im with you exactly i hope youre doing okay. im done with anxiety and depression and gotten to the point where nothing like breathing and therapy works either. i think im day 14 still stuck in my room. got to the point where I'm anxious of being anxious if that makes sense
