First day on Escitalopram?

i woke up worrying with anxiety about dr visit changing meds what to do eetc . gotta get moving this will pass!

same here

what is your anxiety like in the am

I am trying to stay busy today!

These damn obsessive thoughts and lack of emotions or excitement are horrid!

If I can just get past that I can deal with all the rest until as long as needed.

I tried some Herbal Life Rest Now today. My cousin that is down said it really helped her a lot.

Also doing research on CBD oil as well.

I have tried to stop the internet searches for advice on Escit vs Effexor because though I discovered a lot of good results the bad ones started scaring the s**t out of me.

Hope you both have a blessed and bearable day!

Andrea

lynn mine is so so bad. My issue is also my obsessive thoughts and no emotions. I get the severe anxiety but then when I stop crying and calm down I cant feel anything and have obsessive thoughts that will not go away.

I am desperate to feel somewhat better.

how are you this morning. my anxiety is real bad in the morning calms down during the day

Brian, how many weeks in does the anxiety lessen in the am. i am on 3 weeks 5 days. l guess its bad today?

these days will happen . im at 5 months now . i started noticing i was starting to feel a little better between 3 and 4 months. its a gradual thing. you cant see the light at end of tunnel while you having anxiety its hard but you will get there slowly. did you check out katecogs blog?

keep going!

almost slid of road just made it to doctors snow here anxiety horrible

30 days on pristiq starting to see some improvement. should i stay on 50 for another month before moving up.i guess its still early

lynn,

glad you are doing good. that means its working you are seeing a little here and there. yes 30 days is way to early. just think if you do good on this dose that means less med you have to take AND you have room to go up on your dose later in down the life! if your taking it for anxiety then it could take a little longer than someone with depression because we anxiety suffers notice every little detail and then blow it out of proportion . dont try and set a date on recovery. just try and let your body recover. it takes time. you wont hardly notice you are getting better. and youve noticed a change in 30 days!! these meds are rough at first. i wished they werent. i would try for a minimum of 3 months. if you up the dose you will go through side effects again . clock starts over.

doing great!!!

BRIAN did you ever get periods of tiredness and sadness in your recovery?

definetly

i would get emotional over things i wouldnt normally like if i see a toy that one of my children played with or a note from my wife from years ago. theres nothing bad just a sad crying feeling.

i havent had these for a couple of months maybe since august.

and being tired oh yea not wanting to do anything just lay there. i take klonopin as needed and it would really make me tired. i havent had but a couple of these since end of september. i used to worry about being addictive to klonopin but once you are steady on ssri you wont even think about it. one other reason you are tired is because youve been under so much stress with anxiety and you take the meds and you body is like wow i can relaxe!! med starting to work.

its all part of it. you body is adjusting to the meds . you body over compensates for not enough seritonin then you take the meds then your body under compensates. and then finally it steadies out.

i go to dr tomorrow to talk about changing from prozac to something else. hopefully he can just taper me over and i wont have many of these side effects again. ive tried prozac long enough its burning my stomach. but anxiety is getting better and better except for worrying about stomach. i started another post under lexapro forum CHANGING TO LEXAPRO.

i meant to say STARTING ESCITALOPRAM NEED REASSURANCE

your stomach side effects must be awful if you are willing to try another antidepressant, i had a lot of side effects on prozac and switched after 8 weeks.

pristiq hasn't caused me much in the way of side effects. Keep us updated.

everytime i take prozac i have heartburn AND I take prilosec and zantac and no acidic foods or drinks. and i still have heartburn.

good luck at the doctors. its 16 degrees and snow is on the way in Vermont its winter here. let us know how you make out.

did you switch

Morning Brian,

Just checking in to see how the Drs went for you.

I said a prayer and i am here if you need to chat!!

andrea

yep to lexapro

he said he has some people that have heartburn with prozac but very few. he said we can go to zoloft or lexapro both very good. he said that prozac is one of the easiest ones to switch from. prozac takes 5 weeks to get out of system. so we start a lexapro and buy the time prozac drops out of system my body will be ahead in be adjusted to lexapro. so today we are taking lexapro and no prozac . he said since i waited a while till prozac got my anxiety down it should be a smooth transition. ive never switched meds while my anxiety is low and i feel pretty good so this will be new to me. i was really calm meeting with him . i was worried for nothing . it was a good visit. thanks for the prayers and support. having a good day so far!!

Thats good to hear

I wish you all the best.

Todays a bad day for me. I have been crying all morning even though I took my ativan at 7.

I am heading out to run some errands and keep my mind busy. Hoping that will ease a little of the only emotion I have which is fear causing the crying.

My son left for SC for a few days so I am

alone and never had a fear of being alone. Now I hate it.

Husbands on standby via phone for me though!

have a great day!

good for you

yall keep going !!

good for you andrea make yourself do something!!!

just think in a few weeks we will be better and then a few months we will be a lot better!! got to give your body time to heal and adjust to meds. take the temporary med asyou need it and dont worry about having to take because as you get better with the antidepressant med you wont need it anymore. when i was at my worst anxiety i took 2 or 3 klonopin a day .5 mgs. and overtime 2 a day and 1 a day and finally none. i used to fear getting addicted to them which was acwaste of time! keep busy is good dont sit around and wait for anxiety to go away it will only make it worse. keep doing things and life and ( say ok anxiety we are going to help brother work on his house today etc ) just take it with you let it be there dont try and fight it . beleive me i know its hard to get up and keep moving i have a hard time with it too but it helps if i make myself do it.

being alone is the worst for me!! its getting better. i never had a fear of being alone either. its all part of the anxiety.

lynn thanks for support!!

hope you are hanging in there with pristiq!

Thank you Brian

For me I think the worst part like I said is the no emotions and if that’s the thoughts of death I just can’t wait to wake up one day and if you’re happier and not constantly be thinking about dying.

,You are so correct when you say it’s so hard to get up and get going and try to keep yourself busy but it’s what we got to do I’m at the point where I stay busy but it still thinking about it in the back of my head but at least I’m trying.

I as well never had a fear of being alone but wow knowing that I’m going home alone this evening because my husbands in DC and my son is in South Carolina trying really hard not to think about it right now.

Thanks for reaching out and giving me words of encouragement. I continue to pray for us.

andrea did you find katecogs blog ?

if you go to bottom of page you can click on pages and go to resources and it shows a couple of books and web links i highly recomend. learning all you can about this anxiety will help. just knowing all this symptoms are a result of anxiety, i used to think all these things wrong with me, going crazy but now i know its just one thing thats bugging me anxiety.!!i will message you and lynn the blog address or name

lynn i sent you and andrea a private message with some good resources. learning and understanding all you can about anxiety will help you recover just as the meds will.

I did thank you!!!

I am researching now 😃!

HI I am o citalopram week 4 10mg, have none stop thoughts and music as soon as I wake up plus internal treamberling, had all this before I went on Citalopram and it isn't helping, a coldness in stomach as well, has anyone else had this

Can you send me some to please I am also been struggerling since April this year many thanks

BRIAN DID YOU SOMETIMES GET INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS

definetly i did

its part of anxiety. try not to look at each little thing . look at it as one thing anxiety. its causing all these symptoms. when i have them i listened to honest guys on you tube or some white noise like rain or fire helps to sleep. and one time i had em so bad i played video games with my son. and the thoughts went away. temporary of course. play ping pong , walk down a trail , go see a relative all this helps them thoughts. as the meds start to work the anxiety will go away and the thoughts will too.

susan 4 weeks way to early. you are probobly going through some side effects rt now ( anxiety). these meds take a long time to work. give that med and dose a good 3 months see where you are and then give it another 3 months. if you give them time to work they will work.

will do

i also found s great resource for comparing all these meds a long time ago helped me understand what me and dr was talking about. and what each one is approved for.

type in the internet emedexperts

and look for compare antidepresants or ssris.

yall bear with me im getting lost in this post dont know where im at ! laughing . my emojis dont work on here for some reason?

were some days worse than others. just feels like i'll never get better. yesterday was much better

yes

you will get better stick with

I am sticking to it but if the escitalopram doesnt work out. I may ask my Dr anout tapering off and trying 5HTP.

I learned of it in the KATECOGS articles.

andrea

contact katecogs and ask her about it she will private message you on here . she post under prozac and celexa forums. or you can contact her through contact on her blog. tell her what you are experiencing she has great advice. i have never tried the 5 htp.

How you doing BRIAN?

actually pretty good !!

and how are you?

Brian i am so happy to hear your having a good day!!

I contacted Kate Cogs and she sent me a lot of great info. I also purchased "At last a life" Thats been helpful. It has made me understand my emotionless state and anxiety even more and now I realize that its actually called depersonalzation.

My body became so stressed that my nerves became so over sensitized and have now detached my emotions as a way of protecting me.

My emotions will return but not until I accept this and allow my body to heal. its not fun but if keep fighting it with anxiety and panic I wont heal. This is the hard part but I am trying!!

I am learning that its so much more than simply waiting for the meds to kick in.

i patiently await for the day i can be somewhat free of this agony!!

im glad for you !! im so happy that you talk to kate she is so brilliant on this stuff and she is encouraging. talking to katecogs and all the info opened my eyes. its natural for us to fight it. but the only way to recover from stress and anxiety is to let it be. easier said than done. i still have a long way to go. it helps recover when you know whats going on. anxiety brought on by stress for me. my body said enough is enough. and i thought i was crazy. ive been to counseling and drs and nobody has ever told me about all of the things i learned from kate.

keep going hang in there !!!