Lexapro Question

[Amos1993]

So I was on Lexapro and about three months ago I was feeling better so was tapered off. Now just three weeks ago my depression and anxiety reared back up. My doctor started me back on it and it will be two weeks on Tuesday. My issue is that I still wake up very agitated, like I want to gag and throw up, nervous, nauseous and don’t want to leave my house but I have to because I need my job. Will this go away the longer I take the Lexapro? I need some relief in my life. This is hard. I just want to be happy again. I should have never stopped the Lexapro.

[anxiouscosplayer]

Readjusting to meds is difficult but you may want to call your doc about these feelings you're having. I recently went back on meds and they gave me horrible insomnia so they had to adjust what I was taking.

[Amos1993 in reply to anxiouscosplayer]

I did that and she says to keep at it and give it time. Time is something I don't seem to have. I want to be better now. This is making my days hard

[Amos1993]

It is so hard when people say it will take time. It will be two weeks tomorrow and I just want to be back to the way I was a few months ago. I have been sleeping good but wake in the morning with the anxiety that this is another day. Somedays I just want to cry and run away to somewhere that can help me. I am trying to be strong but it just hurts. I feel like my family doesn't understand me. The doctor says to give it time. Just feeling lost today.

[Hidden]

I know it's hard, Amos, but please give it more time. I totally understand the want to be better right away, but you need to be patient. Do you remember how long before you noticed the Lexapro start to work thr first time? You say you were off it 3 months. I'm by no means an expert, but it sounds as if that might've been long enough for the medication to leave your system. If this is the case, starting fresh would be like re-introducing your body to it all over again.A long time ago now, I took myself off of Stavzor for 3 weeks. Once I got up the courage to tell my psychiatrist what I had done, she put me right back on at the lowest dosage and told my mom (who was in the room with me) that it would take some time for it to build up in my system again.

[knitlover64]

Hope you are feeling better than you were. I know it is terrible, and when you are down that low, logic does not work. I had to reduce my Zoloft to 75 mgs from 100 because my itchy skin reaction came back. I can tell the 75 mgs is not enough, but it reduces the anxiety enough so I can handle it with natural techniques and logic. I have been trying to get the meds right since January, and I'm still struggling. Some days are okay and some are not. Hang in there.

[Amos1993]

Thank you. You hang in there too. We just keep faith and hope