I think within 2 weeks my anxiety was almost gone, but I sort of remember having side affects I didn't care for and decided to switch to Lexapro since I had been on it before as a teen for a short time and it worked great.
So she started me on Lexapro and my anxiety got worse, but something new came up too. I was feeling extremely depressed. I started seeing the world as a horrible place, and how dare I bring a baby into this horrible place. I was having suicidal thoughts against my will!
I did not want to die at all, but is have these scary urges like I had to. It was weird and scary, and my psychiatrist told me to just keep taking the 20mg and it will be gone by 8 weeks.
She was right, and by 8 weeks I felt so much better! I became inspired and excited to be a mom. I loved my son and my life. So much as that when he was 1.
Dr told me to go down to 15mg a day at first. And by the 6th day I was starting to lose motivation, starting to ask what the point in life was. So I went back up to 20mg and dr and I both decided to stay on my medication while pregnant.
Yes, it is a very good idea to have a psychiatrist. Depression is not treated as if you just something like a bad flu, where you take meds for a short time until the meds run out, and only call the doctor, when it acts up again or get followed up just once.
Depression is treated and sover a longer period of time, depending on whether it is situational, mild, major, or other kinds of depression. Psych drugs, like antidepressants are usually managed by a psychiatrist or someone who has the ability and license to prescribe, and wirh psych meds, everyone's medication needs are different. It is possible that the drug does not work for you.
I took a lot of different psych drugs, and initially, some would work for a time, and then, all of a sudden, even with increasing the dose, it stopped working. I am worried I might lose some effect of my other meds if remeron stopped working like that. If you can let me know what you think id appreciate it! By the way your article is gloomy, but really intelligent and cool. I am at this moment in a critical life situation deciding what direction to take while stuck between the 2 evils — withdrawal and tolerance from Lexapro.
I have been on Lexapro for a tension headache to start with in , hooked after 2 weeks sample even since. After realizing the true problems of all meds induced, I started weaning off myself down to 2. The reaction is getting so severe throw me into coma like status with each tiny drop of the liquid Lexapro that I feel I have to get rid off the poison ASAP, but at the same time withdrawal is catching up quickly on the other side.
I have been struggling these days every minute wondering if go for another drug Prozac as the 1 recommended for future tapering consideration , or just continue the quick taper to stop. I am more clear after reading your article and will just bite the bullet and ride it out without continuing messing up my brain. I hope you would consider to share your story when you feel so to help all those still in the deep hell suffering and feeling lost.
When everything was great again I was in therapy as well I tapered off. But a few months later I relapsed and started with the drug again. It got me back on my feet after 3 weeks, which was amazing. Got a little depressed, but my intrusive thought stayed away. When things got quiet again I had a major relapse. My intrusion was back!
I panicked and increased my Lexapro dose from 5 to 10 and then 15, but nothing happened. I did experience side effects like suicidal thoughts, I cried all day and my muscles twitched. I really want to work on my anxiety and intrusion again. Myers Sheri May 8, , 5: Reply Link Ajax May 8, , 1: It seems to me there is a wall of denial around these drugs, censorship even. The only places I see the reality discussed tends to be personal blogs. I have been taking Paroxetine Paxil, Seroxat for over twenty years.
I started to get suicidal thoughts in the fifteenth year. I am now in the sixth year of tapering. The past five years have been Hell. The latter three years worse than the preceding ones. I took it for OCD but the symptoms I had were limited and mild whereas now I am a wreck, barely able to function to the point that I even experience hallucinations. I have almost every type of symptom, even ones I had never imagined possible. I started seeking medical help with this in I live in the UK.
On the British NHS there is no such support. Nobody will even discuss the notion that withdrawal has done this to me. All that I am offered is more of the same or different drugs. The drug roulette you describe. I have been agonizing over whether to start a different SSRI. I am offered no advice on this from the medics. One gave me a prescription for Citalopram in one appointment saying I should take it then in the next meeting, a month later, told me I was right not to take it!
Every so often I look online to see if anything shows up. This time I found your piece. Arising out of it is a question. Based on what you say… recovery takes as long as the time taking the drug… does that mean I will take twenty years to recover?
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