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SSRI Stories Page 21 I just started taking Lexapro and last night was first night on it and after reading all these stories I am really hesitant to keep on it... The only side effect I suffered was chills I felt like i was coming down w/ something so I went to bed. This morning i had nausea.... I don't know after reading all these stories if I will keep taking it.... I'm already over weight i don't want to gain any more! I'm worried now. I have taken lexapro for one week, the side effects that I am experiencing are headaches, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, pain in my neck, tiredness, sweating, and i feel like I can't catch my breath. I am not crying but I feel like everything is closing in on me. When I began taking lexapro for major depression and anxiety almost a year ago I began having panic attacks and suicidal thoughts. My doc gave me Ativan to calm me down and after a few months I really felt like I was doing better and Lexapro was a godsend. However, I noticed a weird twitching of my head had begun. I would be mid sentence and I would feel like my brain was a skipping disk. I would get stuck on one moment and my head would twitch to the right for a few seconds and then it would be fine. This continued about once a month for the next 6 months and I asked my Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatrist about it because I was worried I was having seizures. They both told me "no way" that Lexapro is super safe and it was probably "psychosomatic" aka: all in my head. Well, then one day out of the blue what began as one of those little twitching fits became a grand mal seizure! Thank God I was not alone! However I now can't drive for 6 months and I've continued to have the little seizures so now I'm on anti-seizure meds too. Although the docs denied Lexapro could have anything to do with it I did my own research and found that seizures can be triggered by Lexapro! My new Neurologist agrees and is flabbergasted that the other docs have denied it! So I have tapered off and I am now off it as of 6 days ago. the withdrawals are crazy! You get these weird shivers like you're just not quite right and if you go off to quick you get soooo depressed and panicked! Be very careful! Do all your own research and maintain a healthy lifestyle so you can avoid these drugs! Don't let anyone tell you something you have a gut feeling about is not right. Always question, research and get more and more opinions! Neurologists are great for second opinions because they deal with brain chemistry and can prescribe and advise you if what your doc or psych tells you doesn't seem to add up. Good luck!
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