All about Lexapro

When I was 11 my parents started an expremely bad divorce.My mom
wanted me to hate my Dad.She had reasons to hate him and so did I,
but I could not hate him.However .. I was scared if I didn’t pretend
to that I would have no one.
My Dad teased me about being fat so at first I thought if I lost
weight Dad would come back .It quickly became my way to escape .It
was the only thing I could control .Then before I knew it … it was
controlling me .
Anorexia was not something anyone really knew about.At 63 pounds I
was put in hospital.They wanted to send me to a flipping university
to study .My mom said no .
anyway I had to find my own way to get better .I had no counseling .
I decided i had to get better the same way I got sick .I was so
afraid to eat .
The way I got better was to take one food off my “forbidden list ”
and eat it .
The first time I did this it was a chocolate chip cookie and I sat
and cried but ate it .
I threw out the scales also.
It took awhile .. not overnight but I didnt get sick overnight .
Today I don’t give a thought to calories and do not have any food
hang ups at all and I thank God to be free of that disease .
so ..I was concerned when my clothes seemed so much bigger .
In my case I think I simply forgot to eat .I’m alone most of the time
here and so didn’t have to have meals ready at a certain time .I
started making an effort to remember and it isn’t a problem now .
I learned alot the hard way .One thing I learned is the Spirit needs
nourishment as much or even more than the body and I wish everyone
could love themselves regardless of what a silly scale says, or of a
society that makes money off of peoples insecurities.
Try looking in the mirror and saying …
“I love you JUST as you are”……………………… God does.
Hugs all
Lesli

My psych prescribed Lexapro for me after it came out to treat my depression
and anxiety. I have tried numerous other SSRIs with varying results, usually
they just quit working for me after 4-6 months. Anyway, I have never
expierenced the tensed-out, ‘up’ feel of Lexapro. It wasn’t that bad (and I
really didn’t notice it) until my doctor upped my dosage to 20mg daily.
About 40 minutes after I take it I feel slightly dizzy, my mouth goes dry, I
shake a little, and get kinda anxious. Once or twice, I’ve lost a little
feeling in my foot, giving it that ‘asleep’ feel even though I was up and
walking around. I wanted to know is this is common? Do these side effects
fade after using the drug for while? Does anyone have any suggestions
regarding this whole thing?
-Hayden [thbarnes@…]
P.S. Lexapro may cause you to lose weight not because of chemical processes,
although that may be the case, but perhaps as a result of an improved mood.
As a lexapro patient with heightened spirits you may be inclined to resist
the urge to ’snack’, you may be more active thus resulting in weight loss,
and you may subconsciencously choose better foods, plan more complete meals,
etc. Just a thought.

Lesli,

102 lbs… Let me buy you a milkshake honey…. lol..

Jus Teasin

Mike

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I lost on Celexa, but it had levelled off so I was not losing
anymore .
Then when I switched to Lex ,I started losing again .(another 5
pounds)
For me this is not a good thing. I have not been able to gain any of
it back so far.I have weighed 110-115 for as long as i can remember
and now barely 102.
I don’t get weighed often, but not hard to tell when your clothes are
falling off.
Anyway …hugs
Lesli

http://www.lexapro.com/home/default.asp

I remember seeing (I think on this link ) that 10mg of to about 40mg of Celexa .
I was taking 40 mg of celexa when I switched and am still on 10mg of
Lexapro.
I think you should talk to your Doctor about taking only 5 mg. and
see how you do on that .
Remember I’m not a Doctor and none of us, here that I know of are
lol . It’s just a suggestion.
Hugs all
Lesli

Hi,
I just switched from 20mg Celexa, which I’d only been on for 4 or 5
weeks, to 10mg Lexapro. I started it Tuesday, taking it every night
before bed, and since then I can hardly keep my eyes open at work. Has
anyone else had this problem?
Jen

I have been on 10 mg of Lex for about a month and I am gaining
weight - of course I am eating more, but I didn’t think it was that
much. I have gained 10 lbs. and really feel bloated. Has anyone
gained or lost?
Thanks,
J

I to have encountered problems with sweating, worse if I am doing
physical work.It is 6 degrees today and I am already doing somejust
making beds.I also have to sleep with very light clothing on..tank
top shorts.Or else I am dying!and it can be really cold here at night.
I think some maybe due to menopause.I am 44 and experience hot
flashes sometimes too.But i remember my sweating started when I
started Celexa.
Summer time can be nuts for me cause I look like a drowned rat!
Bye! Mary

I started on 10mg 10wks ago for depression & mild anxiety. After 2wks moved up
to 15mg, then 20mg after 4wks, & finally 30mg after 6wks. It’s taken 8wks to
really start working on my depression, & at 10wks my state of mind is much
improved, & my anxiety has all but been eliminated. The biggest complaint I can
make is that reality is still the same as before I started taking Lex. I still
have the same kind of time limitations that were there before to prevent me from
doing all the things I want to do in life. I desperately want to find a sweet
lady, settle down, start a family, buy a house, a couple of cars, & live happily
ever after. I wake up in the mornings after having these wonderful dreams of
meeting these incredible women & going through the joys of the courting process
& taking our time & really enjoying each step of getting to know each other. The
kicker is I see, know, & meet women like this at work all the time. The problem
is that I’m pursuing a career as a guitarist which because of the limitations of
time makes the idea of starting a family impossible w/o abandoning my first &
only true love which is playing the guitar at a high level of ability. Therefore
my priorities remain unchanged. I practice 5hrs before work, 4hrs after work,
sleep 3-4hrs, then do the same thing the next day. The diffference is w/Lex my
state of mind is much healthier, & I see life & all its different possibilities
as being an incredible & exciting thing, but I’m also frustrated beyond belief
at my limitations & not being able to experience all that life has to offer. All
in all I’m better off w/Lex than before & I’ll take all I can get out of life,
whatever that may be.