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Hi, I tried Sertrline for 5 weeks but I guess it wasn't meant for me, started on Escitalopram today 5mg for 2-days and then 10mg after. if you would share your feedback, side effects what to expect, how to best deal with them and finally I understand it takes about 2 weeks before I see any benefits...Would greatly appreciated! I'm suffering from Anxiety with slight depression. Thank you
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andrea08357 hana7895
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So I just got back from Dr we decided to keep giving the escitoloram a try. Staying at 10mg
I an staying on all Vitamins and she gave me Lorazapem (ativan) for the anxiety.
This is honestly the scariest place I have ever been
lynn67615 andrea08357
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glad you are okay. how many ativan a day
andrea08357 lynn67615
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I am so far from ok. Praying I get there someday.
I am in an as needed basis not to exceed three a day.
lynn67615 andrea08357
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it should help you a lot. i am on pristiq or devenlafaxine for 28 days at 50mg mornings are awful better in late afternoon and evening.
andrea08357 lynn67615
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I hope so. For me the obsessive thoughts of being stuck like this are terrible. nightmarish.
I wake in the mornings in severe panic sweating and nauseous right out of sleep.
Nothing has helped me. The ativan helped me nap but im hoping it will help me get my mind to slow down so i can do other things until im feeling better.
lynn67615 andrea08357
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it will i wake the same way.no nausea though
lynn67615
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do you sleep okay
andrea08357 lynn67615
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I sleep horribly.....Does what you take for anxiety help at all with the mornings?
I am going to take an ativan at bedtime and see how I wake up.
my cousin suggested taking it when i first wake up around 4:00 am and hopefully that will help a little bit when I wake up for good at 6 in the severe panic mode. maybe at least take the edge off.
I wake up frightened and in total fight or flight mode i cry and shake for at least an hour or more.
This is so horrible. There is still no guarantee the escitalopram will even work and so if it doesn't its back to square one for me.
lynn67615 andrea08357
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a little i go to the gym and exercise which helps. i take a low dose of mirtazapine which puts me to sleep all night. its another antidepressant. i wake up at 7 or 730. i go to bed at 11;00.
mrs_susan74280 andrea08357
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Let me no how you get on please
andrea08357 mrs_susan74280
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i am on 10 for almost three weeks. I was on Citaloptam before this for 3.5 weeks.
I was originally on Cit for 19 years with no issues at all however I fell off of it for a week and had to get back on. I have been an absolute mess ever since.
I am at almost 5 weeks since this all started. just want it to be over already. My Dr gave me ativan to get through the worse of the attacks until the meds kick in. If I don't feel better in the next few weeks she is going to try something else.
She said that by week 5 I should feel atleast some sort of relief no matter how small and as of yet i have had no relief at all.
andrea08357 lynn67615
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Lynn while your at the gym or running errands are you able to stay completely focused on the tasks at hand?
i try and do things but the emotionless heavy state is always with me. Its terrible.
lynn67615 andrea08357
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no anxiety is there just push my way through
andrea08357 lynn67615
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my day started out ok.
i decided to venture out for lunch and to the airport. My anxiety level was low thanks to the ATIVAN but instill had trouble concentrating on the fact that i had no interest in anything i was doing. I tried to stay focused and make convo but couldn't. i got back in the car to hewd to the airport and I had a breakdown. Cried hysterically for about 30 minutes. Took my ativan and feel calmer but not happy.
Now heading to drop my nephew in law off at the cruise terminal.
mrs_susan74280 andrea08357
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Me too, not sure if it's anything to do with the menopause or not I even carnt face the day, thinking of going back to bed everyday ,getting up for dog out, had a sort of mini break down april, starting to dread going to sleep at night