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1/4/06 Wellbutrin Jenn I have ringing in the ears. What is this?
10/27/05 Celexa Problems Sandy I started taking Celexa for anxiety/depression.  This might sound nutty, but it is really driving me insane at night.  You know how when your eyes are closed and you are thinking of people or places and you have a mental image?  Well last night I woke up and I could not get a mental image of anything, all I could "see" in my mind's eye was blackness.  It was really horrible!  No matter how hard I tried, I could not bring up a single mental image and I could not ignore the fact that I was "seeing" nothing but blackness.  It was so difficult to go back to sleep being stuck in this state.  I already tried Wellbutrin and I had such vivid horrendous dreams!!  I swear that they were actually hallucinations while dreaming.  Very traumatic!  I would like to stop taking anything, but I don't want to live worrying and depressed for the rest of my life either.  I plan to try something else, I only hope I can find something that doesn't make me more mentally unstable than I already am!!  Thanks for listening, that helps!!
10/8/05 Lexapro Withdrawal Rebecca MY DOCTOR PUT ME ON ZOLOFT FIRST. A MONTH LATER I TOLD HIM THAT THE PILLS ARE NOT WORKING SO HE PUT ME ON LEXAPRO 10 MG AND MY DEPRESSION WAS DOING BETTER BUT I STILL HAD SOCIAL ANXIETY SO HE UPPED MY MED TO 20 MG. I WAS DOING GREAT NO PROBLEMS NO WEIGHT LOSS/GAIN NOT CHANGE IN APPETITE, SLEEP, NOTHING.  ONE DAY I CALLED WALGREENS TO REFILL MY MED. I WAITED THREE DAYS GOING THERE EVERY DAY TILL MY DOCTOR FINALLY CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM THAT I COULD NOT REFILL IT UNTIL I CALLED THE OFFICE SO I LEFT MY NUMBER AND NOBODY CALLED BACK.  IT HAS BEEN FIVE DAYS SINCE I HAVE HAD A PILL.  I FEEL LIKE C**P I AM NAUSEATED, I HAVE HEADACHES CONSTANTLY I AM DIZZY ALL THE TIME WHEN I WALK AROUND I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO BLACK OUT AND FAINT I CRY FOR NO REASON AND I HAVE YELLED AT EVERY ONE I KNOW.  IT IS LIKE BEFORE I TOOK MEDS BUT 10 TIMES WORSE.  I AM SO DEPRESSED I HATE MY LIFE. AND HONESTLY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I JUST HATE IT.
10/5/05 Prozac Withdrawal Gracie I'm into my 5th week of withdrawal, and like Jayne, I am beginning to feel like c*%p.  My dreams are horrible...they're like nightmares or hallucinations...I wake up having a panic attack, drenched in sweat and crying.  In these dreams, I'm shouting, angry. I wake up that way. I feel lightheaded, my heart is pounding and I am having terrible sinus headaches.

Maybe I didn't wean as slowly as I should've, but I hope there's light at the end of this dark tunnel. I haven't gone into depression, which is good news, but, God, what a horrific drug to be doing these things to us. If anybody out there is going through this, or can help me by telling me "there, there, everything will be alright. It won't last too much longer", I would LOVE to hear from you. We are all fighters against this junk they say "help us".  We will fight and we will win. We will be drug free and live to talk about it to others.  I just know it. Hang in there, fellow sufferers.Gracie
9/30/05 Lexapro LLH 4 weeks on Lexapro 10mg (as of today) for occasional anxiety attacks. Anyhow, I keep trying but am experiencing sexual disfunction and I have tried everything. That has never been a problem, but I noticed it on day 1. I still desire sex just as much as before, but the effort takes forever on Lexapro. Sometimes I get tired and give up.

After 4 weeks, I still feel sick with nasty tremors,(I can barely type this) have trouble concentrating, am overly agitated, sleeping too much or too little, restless, nauseated, vomiting, dizzy, with head aches, you name it.

I will stick with it for another couple of weeks, and decide to taper off (which I have heard is equally terrible) and go back to letting the attacks happen and treating them with .25mg of Xanax as they occur if this continues to make me more anxious than I was when I started this med.

I'm trying to give this drug a fair chance, but it has been making me feel sick for weeks, and my husband is apologizing for my drug induced sexual dysfunction? It sure isn't him. I won't trade Lex for sex. I truly hope all of this is very temporary and wish someone would tell me it is.

I have friends who have been taking this for years, never had any problems with it, and can't believe the rough ride I'm having.

The shakes and the other side effects will probably go away in a few more days, but the sex thing worries me the most. It seems to me that there has to be some female libido enhancer that will work with Lexapro, so I tried Estravil, (a natural supplement) and still nothing. If anyone has found the answer, I would like to know.
4/5/05 Lexapro Side Effects Gerard For the first time in my life (54 years old male) I experienced depression. I started psychotherapy to deal with escalating anger and marital issues and ended up feeling depressed. I had a 9 day depression episode so my therapist recommended seeing my physician for anti-depression medication. He prescribed Lexapro 10mg. After two days my mood did elevate but--I wake up after sleeping for only 2 hours, I am agitated, anxious and shakey, feel as if my head is swelling on the sides, and have persisent diarrhea. This is the seventh day on Lexapro and I'm about to scream. The depression was not as intense as the side effects of Lexapro. Concentrating at work is another issue. It's hard since I feel so agitated. I do mostly desk work but feel like I want to get up and pace, like a tiger in a cage.

I talked to the doctor about this and he suggests changing the meds to Effexor. From what I read about it the side effects are just as debilitating. I have decided to stop taking all anti-depressants.
 
3/22/05 Dangerous Meds I've Taken clarissa363 Hello. What  I am probably going to tell you is nothing new to you. Misery suffering and more pain then before I started on these awful pills. I've taken so much pills, read up on all the horrible side effects learned all the diff. strengths of the meds and what they do, how they work. Heck with all this info I could be a pharmacist, a darn good one. I've taken antidepre. anxiety meds antipsychotic meds and seizure meds and many others . Comment - still feel horrible side effects. thank u clarissa363
12/07/04 Lexapro Escitalopram (Cipralex)         


 

 Elaine
 		 If there is anybody that has taken this antidepressant, I would really like to hear there views on this one. I was put on this drug about 3 months ago, starting of on the dose of 10mg and after 2 weeks was upto the fullest dose of 20mg daily.
I was put on it for anxiety and depression, but found after taking these for about a week was a lot worse, I lost a great amount of weight, headaches, feeling very confused, suicidal and insomnia.  Thought you were supposed to feel great. Heck it made me feel a lot worse....I have stopped taking these so called anti-depressants and feel back to my normal self. I would much rather cope with depression, than to take this drug and feel the way I did while taking it......Thank God I recognized these symptoms.....BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE
7/06/04 Prozac Withdrawal Jayne I have been taking Prozac for over 4 years. Given it for post natal depression. Been off it for approx 5 weeks or so. Promised myself I'd give it up when my son reached 5th birthday. I feel awful. For nearly 3 weeks I've felt as though I have the flu. My head aches my body aches and it is getting worse day by day. One thing is for sure I'm not taking any more c*#p off any doctor, they can keep their pills. I don't believe any of them are any good. Therapy is the key to all this! Take care and keep strong.
12/23/03 Lithium Side Effects
 		 smartway2 My wife was on lithium for 35-40 years. It damaged her kidneys to the degree she now has 50% kidney function. All thru the years she had the required blood tests for lithium toxicity but the docs never told us about the potential kidney damage. It surfaced 15 months ago in the form of a severe bladder infection. Examination showed her bladder was 4x the normal size and she was retaining excessive urine which led to the bladder or urinary tract infection. The technical diagnosis is lithium induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Some say it is reversible. However in her case...she is 72, we don't think so. Lithium was a miracle drug for us. Until we found it she was in and out of hospitals for depression. Had ect and all the meds they discovered. It's turned into the devils med now. Still haven't found an effective med for the depression aggravated by serial uti's and hospitalizations. People on lithium should be made aware of this highly potential threat to their health and quality of life and possibly to their lives. Many docs do not know about this. It's classified as a rare disease and few docs have experience with it.

Hope you can get this message out...

Thank you
 
11/22/03 Permanent Side Effects William I am 30+ year old male and i have taken various tricyclic antidepressants over the years. I have not taken any of these medications for several years and yet i have all of the side effects and they will not go away. I have many different neurological problems. they include the following. Severe abdominal pain, complete loss of appetite, diarrhea, insomnia, sensitivity to light, flushing across bridge of nose and cheeks. low testosterone level as tested, occasional involuntary limb movements. Has anyone ever heard of this? It seems that it may be a form of brain damage although all doctors readily dismiss this fact. Is there anything that I can do for this, I do not simply want to go back on these medications to try and mask the damage that they have already done. Please help!
10/27/03 Paxil To Wellbutrin Karen I was on paxil for severe panic attacks; it worked great; however after a year I had gained 40lb without changing my eating habits.  The Dr. put me on wellbutrin as this is not supposed to cause weight gain.  I am weaning off verrrry slowly as I have read the horror stories of paxil withdrawal.
10/17/03 Citalopram (Citprolam, Celexa) Blossom
 		 Started taking Citalopram 10mgs for 2 weeks, and then had it upped to 20mgs which I have been taking 4 weeks. Doctor told me to persevere with them, but have been very anxious, panicky, and depressed, Am agoraphobic, and suffer from GAD and panic attacks, feel really depressed at the side effects, and feel as though I want something to help calm me down. I am addicted to valium over 30 years, so they do not help me,  Cant sleep at night, would like to know how long they take to start working to help me.  I am of the older generation. Feel really fearful.
When I wake I lie there in bed, and dread facing the day coming because of how I have been feeling, I lie in bed trying to forget, but hope the tablets will work soon, to give me the courage to be able to do as I was doing about a year ago. Have been on 4 different anti-depressants this year tricylic type. I was taking SEROXAT for almost 4 years, but got taken off them cold turkey, thats when all this trouble reared its awful head again.
9/26/03 Lexapro   Still had a lot of anxiety while starting Lexapro. Had to go on anti-anxiety meds along with it. The sexual side-effects are high.

                                                                

 

 

 

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