All about Lexapro

I have been on Lexepro for a couple of months now and have had some
inprovement in my deprresion. But I have had the side effects of
anxiety and panic attacks. I don’t want to quit the Lexepro yet. I
see the doc on monday and am going to ask him to put me on a
tranquillizer like Xanax. Is this a good idea. Has anyone experienced
these side effects with Lexepro. Has anyone had succces with Lexepro
and a Tranquilizer or has anyone in the group been on a Xanax type
drug. Thanks so much for your help.
Robert

I see you are sticking it out with Lexapro. I am still taking 5mg
and actually am starting to feel better.I finally did get my period
last week…..since skipping 2 months…..My stomach is starting to
feel better….and I must say my overall mood is more elevated.
So I feel I am doing much better on this drug. I am glad you are
sticking it out.
I also feel I am not as tired,which is a plus!
To Anthony, I have been reading your posts and feel so bad for
you…..with suffering with the nausea all the time. I fortunately
did not have to deal with that….except in beginning when I started
taking it. I dealt with a little bit.I hope you start to feel
better.Just wanted to mention that.
Mary

Here’s a quote from the article:
” “Lexapro is a more potent version of Celexa, in that the component
that fights depression has been isolated,” says Talia Puzantian, a
clinical pharmacist in psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital.
This means patients will only need 10 milligrams to 20 milligrams a
day of Lexapro, half of what is generally used with Celexa, Puzantian
adds.
The Celexa molecule contains two “mirror” parts called isomers, but
only one isomer helps fight depression. Researchers created Lexapro
by removing the inactive isomer.”
The website address is:
http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Depression/Site/story_lexapro_
2.htm

Hey,
I have been on Lex for just over a month now. I switched from Celexa
to 5 mg of Lex. The first couple of weeks I wanted to quit…felt
like it wasn’t working after the first couple of days…my bitchy
old self reappeared once more. BUT……seems now each week is
brighter. I still have my ups and downs but nothing like it used to
be. I don’t think everyone understands that an antidepressant isn’t
going to make life all peaches and cream. There will still be the
ups along with the downs but things are seen in a new
light…instead of being ALWAYS bad they just seem normal downs.
Something you get over easier than without the meds. This is true
in my case at least.
I was ready to quit the drug again last week but decided to stick it
out since I had a few “off” days and now am glad I did. Don’t feel
bad about the “flows”; you are only human!
Hang in there with the rest of us!
Shauna

Ok I wanted to save this for a seperate post. How have been the mood
swings been for you guys on Lex (Happy, Sad, Angry, Depressed)? I’m
asking this because I have had a roller coaster ride of highs and
lows lately and I wanted to share. First and foremost let me say
that I’m not really a moody person, and I’m taking Lex because of my
severe anxiety/panic attacks. I never had depression really until I
broke down with the Panic Attacks at the end of last year and then
its been hard dealing with things since.
When I first took Lex (5Mg) I was actually more anxious, but it
literally stopped my mild depression and I had an enourmous amout of
energy (I wanted to go out and fight crime lol). Since the beginning
I have gradually lost that energy and now I kinda have to fight for
it. Anyway last week I became sick (Head Cold) and to my dismay
(First time I was sick on Antidepressants) I found out that I can’t
take most medications for the cold, particularlly meds with the
active ingredient “Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride” which eliminated my
fav Nyquil. Anyway I took a couple of other that don’t have that
active ingredient and I started feeling a little depressed. I
finally stopped taking the over the counter meds last Friday, but
this weekend I was extremely depressed (Sad, Tired, No Appetite, and
Overwhelmed). This was kinda scary so my doc gradually increased my
Lex from 5 to 7.5. I know there are people out there looking at this
saying “How come I didn’t just jump to 10Mg” Well because my nausea
is extremely severe on this stuff that’s its almost intolerabe.
I’m hoping that the depression goes away, because dealing with the
anxiety is draining enough. Any thoughts, ideas, comments?
Anyway wrapping it up to all the newbies out there I just want to say
that this group is outstanding and were all in this together. I also
want to say “Hi” and “Thanks” to the regulars here (You know who you
are), you guys have been extremely helpful to me to keep fighting.
I will try to write more often, and I will keep popping back in here
to read the latest posts…
Anthony

Hey guys how’s everyone doing? I know that I haven’t written in
weeks because I had so many highs and lows I just wanted to ride them
out. Some things have happened lately and I want to talk about
them.
Anyway to bring you guys up to date I have been on Lex for 6 weeks
now. My current dosage is 7.5 Mg 2.5Mg AM and 5Mg PM. My doctor
wants me to move up to 10Mg, but my stongest side effect [Nausea] is
very hard to control (Even at 5Mg). I constantly feel like I want to
throw up which can be very difficult at times. For the nausea I’m
taking Protonix (Very close related to Nexium) and some over the
counter Maalox. I was on only 5Mg but because of my mood swings I
needed to increase the med. (I’m saving the mood swings for the next
post). How is everyone else here dealing with the nausea, (Besides
the crackers)? Has your day been scheduled when you can eat because
of this?
Right now I feel that my mind is blown out of the water, and I am
trembling a little, but I hope that is only to my body trying to get
used to the dosage increase.
Anthony

It’s a hoax. It’s a file that belongs on your system. Fortunately, you probably don’t need it. A website that describes it is http://antivirus.about.com/library/weekly/aa050702a.htm
Christie

To Everyone on My Address Book:
A virus has entered my address book. Please follow
the following steps to make sure you cure it. It’s easy
to do, so please do it asap. This virus is not detected by
Norton, McAfee or VET anti-virus systems. It sits quietly
for 14 days before damaging the system. It was sent
automatically to everyone in my address book, whether or not
I have sent emails to them. Here is how to check for the virus
and get rid of it.
It would be helpful to print these instructions out
read them first and follow them exactly:
1. Go to start, then find or search.
2. In the files/folders option, write the name jdbgmgr.exe
3. Be sure you search your C drive and any other drives you may have
4. Click ‘find now’
5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT!!!
6. Go to edit, choose ’select all’ to highlight the file without opening it.
7. Now go to File and select Delete. It will then go into the Recycle Bin.
8. Go to the Recycle Bin and delete it there as well.
IF YOU FIND THIS VIRUS YOU MUST CONTACT ALL PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK
SO THEY CAN FOLLOW THE ABOVE PROCEDURES.
1. Open a new email message.
2. Click on address book next to ‘To’
3. Click every name and add to ‘BCC’
4. Copy this message and send.
Thanks and sorry about this.
Christie
PS - I received this virus from someone I know. I’m covered by McAfee.com
and am going to get in touch with them immediately about this. It may be a
hoax, but I thought it better to inform everyone JUST IN CASE. Thanks for
your patience.

yes Dagmar I am staying put…will wait and see , it will take Lex a long time to prove itself before many of us will jump ship….