All about Lexapro

Your comment on your last post was extremely interesting. When I was
in the hospital for PTSD, most of the trauma survivors there were
high achievers, very analytical and very sensitive kind people. I
think you hit it here about the fact that alot of us are reflective,
analytical and creative. I remembered an ER doc once told me that
those of us who suffer are finely tuned and are more receptive to
detail that those who aren’t, they are not aware of. Also, he said
that most artists or artistic achievers are very finely tuned. I
have synasthesia, in otherwords, I have emotion tied to colors, I
feel my colors, so I spend most of my time avoiding colors and
thinking in black and white.
I also found what you said that analytical people use creativity to
imagine frightening thoughts and scare ourselves, is quite accurate
for me. I have always been acused of having an over-active or over-
reactive imagination, even as a child. I was called the Drama Queen
in my family. I was also called alot of other things, that I won’t
mention here.
I am really glad you wrote this Leela!!!
Dana Rose
It doesn’t surprise me that we’re all thinking,
reflective people–I’ve read that people who suffer
from anxiety tend to be intelligent, highly creative
and analytical people who unfortunately use our
creativity to imagine frightening thoughts and scare
ourselves. I dream of being able to turn that
creativity outwards again.

, how are you doing on the Lex these days? Terry

Hey! I’ve been having “breakthrough” irritability
(inappropriate; doesn’t match the event), and I’ve been experiencing
feelings or irrational anxiety, and I don’t feel at home in my body
(I’m so self concious that I feel like I’m in a spotlight and being
scrutinized) on 10mg a day. I also feel very compulsive again, and I
HATE that feeling; like I’m being driven by someone who’s
threatening me with a whip, and I know it’s just in my mind, but I
feel like I’ve GOT to keep going. (I’ve never been diagnosed with
OCD, but even when I was a child, I had compulsions for example…I
just HAD to get out of my chair while watching TV and touch the TV,
then I’d sit back down, only to basically be “ordered” by my mind to
get back up, and touch the OTHER side of the TV to make it feel
even. Most of the time, this would keep going on for quite a
while. If I didn’t “obey” my brain’s orderes to do the compulsions,
I just had the worst, unsettled, uncomfortable feeling until I did
it. It happened with other things, but that’s just an example.
I haven’t had those kind of compulsions, but now mostly it’s just
feeling like I need to do one more thing before I stop, then one
more thing, then one more thing.
It’s doubly frustrating, because I have a Masters Degree in
Counseling and Community Psychology, and I had my own private
practice (Christian counseling), then I was a social worker in a
nursing home working with Psych docs to help resolve the residents’
mental health issues. I know this is all a brain thing, but I can’t
change what I’m feeling or doing.
(But you can see that by the length of this rambling letter.)
I’ve been on 10 mg a day for about 5 or 6 weeks now, and it
has really helped, but now this… I take it as an indication of
needing a higher dose. Dr ordered 20mg a day. I took 15 mg today,
just to be a little cautious. I don’t want the sexual and other
sides to get worse or return (respectively).
There’s an unlimited amount of things racing through my mind (and
I feel kind of manicky) that I could type about now, but none of
much significance, so I’ll fight the urge and try to end now. Hey,
I did it! Oh oh, there I went again. Patty

I woke up last night. I know I was awake, but it seemed like there
was a strange looking white fog in the room. I just looked around
and thought to myself “there’s angels here” and went back to sleep.
lol Anyone else have this experience. I thought maybe it was the
Lexapro.
Kathy

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My dr. prescribed it to me to help with sleep today. Anyone tried it?
should I be concerned mixing it up with the lexapro ( as it is an
antidepresseant …but apparently used at low dosages for sleep).
thanks alison

i’ve been on lex for a month for depression and anxiety. it’s the
first drug that has helped me at all. all other side effects went
away after 1 week. but the sexual SE are extreme for me. i literally
can’t feel anything at all. physically, i am numb in that area. i’m a
woman and have never had any sexual problems before. i’ve been
depressed all my life and have a family history of it so will likely
need to be on meds longterm. being single and celibate the rest of my
life doesn’t seem like it would be good for my mental health either
though. i’m going to talk to my dr. but wanted to know if anyone else
has found anything that works for them.
thanks.

I don’t think I’m forgetting things more. I DID go to an appt. last
Wednesday and they told me it had been TUESDAY. I can make mistakes but
I think it was the lady there….and as I was leaving for my
non-appointment, a worker there said she’d see me tomorrow…and I said
FRIDAY? She said, ” I WISH tomorrow was Friday.” So that was one slip-up
there.

break down and cry all the time. I feel so sad this morning. I am not
even diagnosed as depressive . This lexepro is doing a number on me.
thanks alison

I read on one of the posts where someone felt nervous about asking
for a prescription from their doctor.
I encourage you to see a doctor that you feel comfortable with. It’s
*your* health. Don’t put up with a doctor that makes you feel bad.
You already feel bad enough. Your doctor should be their to help.
They may be rushed b/c they have a lot of patients - but you should
feel confident with your doctor.
~Nathania