All about Lexapro

I took 5mg with breakfast and havent yet been dancing in a whirlpool
of unknown liquid as the Lexapro logo suggests will happen. Nor have
I deleted anything ! Yay! I am in a pretty happy mood. Not sure
if its because its Friday or the Lexapro. I did notice a dry mouth
last night after my first dose and today I have a slight metallic
taste. These I both had off and on on Celexa. Happy Friday everyone!
Thanks for the hugs Lesli they rock ! And If I see flying discs I’ll
check the board before calling the national UFO hotline ! TTYL-
Steeve

I am SOOOOO glad for this group and the members.I’m wishing I had
started Lexapro last Tuesday, but like I said ,I did not know my
plans would change about going away .
Thank you all so much for being part of this group.
Hugs
Lesli

Welcomes ladybutterfly to our group.

Very encouraging to hear Shel.
I agree with Gina and hope Steve changes his mind .
hugs
Lesli

Steve it’s ok.Accidents happen .I’m making you a moderator again if
you would like .We are all in this together .The reason I have asked
some people to be moderators, is because some of us seem to be quite
active in posting. and here to be of assistance to people who new or
upset and need reassurance.
We are all on equal ground here.If anyone else would also like to be
a moderator just let me know .
I know we will have people coming in to cause trouble eventually and
the best way to deal with that is to have someone around to quietly
keep the group members from getting upset by the ones that just want
to cause trouble .
I figured it was just an accident so don’t worry about it hun .
hugs all
Lesli

The message deletion was my fault and no one elses. With great relief
I see I am no longer a moderator so you can rest assured that those
in charge are doing there job. My sincerest apologies, Steve

What a way to start on Lexapro. Deleting half the groups messages. I
had no freaking clue it was deleting them from the board I thought it
was just from my in box or message view. Gosh I’m sorrry folks. Well
I’ll take whetever punishment you guys give me I sure deserve it. I’m
truly aghast.
On another note I took my forst 5 mg 2 hours ago. Nothing unusual to
report. A bit of anxiety when I got home from work but thats pretty
standard. I’m handling the fact that I may have deleted someones cry
for help quite well.
You know Leslie I think maybe I should wait on the Moderator gig. I
suspect thats what gave me the delete privledge.
Once again I’m really sorry.
Thanks all, Steeve

Gina I had not noticed that messages had been deleted until you
pointed it out .
I did find out who deleted them and will ask the person if it was an
accident.They may have thought they were deleting the messages from
their email account,however until I can find out I have made changes
so that no more will be deleted.
Thank you for pointing this out .
hugs
Lesli

Hi - I’m replying to your earlier post about your appetite increase
and sleepiness, although your post has somehow been deleted from the
board archives, along with about 20 other posts…numbers 66 through
96 (?!?)
Anyway, these drugs vary so much in their effects on people. It’s
pretty unusual to get an increased appetite on Lexapro or Celexa,
though. That effect wasn’t reported in any of the Lexapro clinical
trials; in fact, the Lexapro group wasn’t signficantly different from
the sugar pill group in appetite changes or weight gain. If
anything, Lexapro has a small (not statistically significant) risk of
*decreasing* your appetite — 3% reported appetite decrease, vs. 1%
on placebo. From what I’ve read, no one reported appetite increase.
The same is true with sleepiness, what they call “somnolence” in the
studies. People did report it, but the Lexapro takers didn’t
experience any more sleepiness than did the placebo group.
I made the transition from Celexa to Lexapro overnight, with no side
effects whatsoever, except for a little mild insomnia. The Celexa-to-
Lexapro switch shouldn’t cause any real discomfort or disruption in
physical well-being, especially if you were already used to the C.
It’s essentially the same drug, minus the right-hand side of the
molecule.
In any case, your side effects will probably just fade away after a
few weeks. I doubt it will be as long as 6 to 8 weeks, as you said.
Even the Celexa side effects disappear earlier than that, and Lexapro
is supposed to be faster and cleaner. So I’d just hang in there if
you can.
Gina

Hi. Has anyone noticed an increase in their alertness or sensitivity to
stuff that goes on around you? For example, are you startled more easily
since starting the Lexapro?
rain angel