Taken Escitalopram for 3 days and caused severe side effects
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Started getting head pressure and dizziness which my doctor sent to me to the ENT specialist where the doctor performed an Epley maneuver. I got told the main reason for my head problem was anxietyand to be put on some tablets that will take it all away. Got given Escitalopram and within the first few hours I got very anxious and started not feeling well.. in the night I started feeling very faint, my body was burning and strange tingling, numb sensations in my arm and rapid heart palpitations. Next day took another as got told to keep to it for 3 weeks which I got even more anxious to the point where I was heaving, loss of appetite and body was just on fire. The 3rd day taking the tablet the side effects got to the point where I felt like I needed to pass urine all the time, burning sensation in the body, tingling, numbness, tremors were to the extreme and the anxiousness got even worse. I still remember it was minus outside with snow and we had the windows open and I couldn't even feel the coldness. I called the doctor and he told me to stop taking the tablet straight away but it should be out of my system within a week. From the 1st day of not taking the poison with all these symptoms still happening my head got even worse, burning sensation, pains, terrible pressure all at the back, humming noise, ringing. dizziness, tremors. When walking the sound of each step sounded louder and while talking I have vibrations. When driving the pressure in my head is full on. Going to a shop I get extremely dizzy. Went to and from the doctors and all they keep saying is it's my anxiety and the side effects would not be caused from the tablet even though I have read thread after tread on here and so many people are experiencing the same thing. I have also been told that I now need counseling to help and to do meditation every evening. Doctors will not admit that such poison of a tablet can cause so many problems. I am now 4 weeks off the medication and still experiencing head pressure, pains, dizziness, burning sensation, tremors all in my head and also my arms still get the tremors with tingling numbness and terrible anxiety. How long can these side effects last?This has made me so angry as I never was like this before I took the tablet. They hand these tablets out like sweets. It is affecting my work and social life as I am always anxious how I am going to be and to top it off my anxiety has caused me to have IBS.
Just wondering if other people are experiencing or are going through the same thing at the moment?
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