DDW056
04-14-2013, 07:49 PM
Hello. I was recently prescribed Lexapro (10mg) 10 days ago. I have been prescribed it once before and took it for over a year and do not remember having these side effects. Since I started (10 days ago) my nausea has been pretty intense almost every day all day, I have had no appetite and my depression and anxiety have been worse (I have been going through a major depressive/anxiety episode for the past 2 months). I also seem to get this weird kind of high out of body like experience which of course gives me more anxiety.
I have been so miserable since I started taking the Lexapro and have been thinking about going off of it. I don't have a psychiatrist and a doctor and a free clinic is the one that prescribed me this medication, so I have no one I can call to talk to. I have heard from a few people that it gets worse before it gets better. Please anyone with experience or even an opinion would be very much apprecaited on whether I should tough this out or if they think I would be better off going off the meds and trying another approach... Most people say that the side effects go away within a weeks time, , but I am still experiencing mine... Thank you very much for anyone who responds.
I have been so miserable since I started taking the Lexapro and have been thinking about going off of it. I don't have a psychiatrist and a doctor and a free clinic is the one that prescribed me this medication, so I have no one I can call to talk to. I have heard from a few people that it gets worse before it gets better. Please anyone with experience or even an opinion would be very much apprecaited on whether I should tough this out or if they think I would be better off going off the meds and trying another approach... Most people say that the side effects go away within a weeks time, , but I am still experiencing mine... Thank you very much for anyone who responds.