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Can anyone tell me if the sleepiness wears off? Been on 5mg for about two weeks and 3 days but started out in 2.5mg two weeks b4 that so it's been a total of one month and one day. Feeling better mentally but I have no energy to do anything don't feel tired but could sleep all day. Lost my job and would love to have some hope that in the near future I can start work again and maybe be able to wanna eat.
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Woo3353 becky1983
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Yes Becky the sleepiness and lethargy should wear off, mine lasted till week 7, I am pretty much back to my old self after 14 weeks, still get odd tired days and not everyday is brilliant but the good days by far outweigh bad ones that's for sure
becky1983 Woo3353
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kerri9744 becky1983
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Hi, I was looking thru some postings/forums for my mom, and came across yours. It grabbed my attention due to the amount you were taking.. She also started on 2.5 and now she is on a little over 5. She has been taking it for about 6 weeks. She has tried to go up on the dosage but it makes her terribly groggy and she can't function througout the day. She is still having severe fatigue, I think that is her main complaint. She is obsessing over what can be wrong with her, she is stuck on that she must have some deadly disease that doctors must be missing to feel so bad. Her stress level is to the max, she stresses 24 hours a day. Xanax isn't really taking the edge off that. Just wondered did you up your dose ever, and how did you get to feeling? Did you ever start feeling like yourself? Guess I am desperate for some rays of hope for her. Thanks.
becky1983 kerri9744
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I am still on 5mg they wanted me on 10 but didn't like the side effects of upping so I never did. It's been almost a year now and I'm doing great. I still fear medical situation. I get a cut and think I'm gonna get tetanus stuff like that. It has taken me almost a year though to get where I am, I feel comfy and can control my issues better I think!
kerri9744 becky1983
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Thank you so much for replying.. that gives me hope for my mom. She is not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel , and doesn't think since she is on the 5mg that it will help. But I will be passing along your story to her, maybe it will give her some hope. To be honest, she doesn't think she is even depressed, she thinks its some other physical illness that doctors just aren't catching. But we all , and even the doctors can see she is. How long did it take for your energy to start coming back, she is so fatigued she says, she says she doesn't have the energy to leave the house. She looks at small tasks as huge impossible mountains. She has a very poor appetite as well, no desire to eat like she used to, did you have that? And once your symptoms improved, did your appetite? Sorry so many questions but I have searched many forums, and its so hard to find someone who was on the same lower dose amount as she is. Thanks!!
becky1983 kerri9744
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I lost 30lb and once I got my appetite back lol I gained it all back
I needed to lose weight. I didn't do anything except sleep and lay on the couch for 3 months. And watched a lot of home and garden shows as I couldn't watch anything else without having an anxiety attack. It is normal for your mom to feel all that she is feeling and thinking. Everyone goes threw it. It's called medical anxiety. I still get it from time to time but I know it will pass and I try to stay busy and not think about it. Just be patient with her and don't push it will get better if she keeps up on the meds if u get frustrated it will make her frustrated and she will wanna quit
kerri9744 becky1983
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becky1983 kerri9744
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kerri9744 becky1983
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becky1983 kerri9744
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kerri9744 becky1983
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yes that would be great. Of course we can (private message) .. my other family doesn't know about mom, she is such a private person.. that seems to be a big issue for her, and has always been.. she gets so anxious about people knowing her business and health. She has traveled to a whole different town 20 minutes away just to get a few things so people in her own town didn't see her.. My facebook is Kerri Ann Fales.