So I have had anxiety a few times before in my life (OCD Intrusive Thoughts) and have been talking Lexapro 10mg to cope and it has worked wonders. Recently I have slipped into a debilitating depression just not being able to function dont want to get out of bed etc. I have seen my Psychiatrist and see said to up my dosage from 10mg to 30mg of Lexpro. My fear now is that It will not work and that I will be this way forever. Also my wife is 6 months pregnant and I am fearful I will not feel better by the time the baby is born, I have taken a leave of absence from work and just lay around all day and cannot find any relief. Everything is fine and everyone is healthy how can I feel this way?
Hi Kevin, I am sorry you are feeling so bad. Depression and anxiety really suck. It is especially frustrating when we can not find a reason or cause for the condition. Give the new dosage time to work. Hopefully the new dosage will do the trick. Congratulations on the baby!!
I hope these feelings lift soon for you. Im actually 6 1/2 months pregnant and my depression has been so up and down. Just take every day as it comes thats what I try to tell myself. Dont be thinking about when the babys born just look after yourself in the here and now. I cant afford it at the moment but seeing a counsellor can help
I am right there with you. I am on lexapro 10 mg as well and just went on temp disability at work. You have a baby coming leading to more worries than you want to admit I am sure. I am getting married for the second time and that's coming up really quickly. Do you see the common thread here? Big events coming up in our lives that will change our lives, stuff we can't control, a journey into the unknown. I am not depressed, at least not yet. What depresses me is the insurance coming handling my disability claim trying to make me jump through hoops, seeing this doctor and that doctor. I don't have to worry about laying around doing nothing. I feel I probably do less work at my office job than having to deal with this insurance company . Anyway l, you are not alone and congrats on the new baby. You will be great and stop worrying about stuff you can't control. I think there is a common misconception, especially for men, that we are suppose to be able to control everything and our bodies and stuff. But our minds get overloaded and sick just like everything else and that we can not control but only treat once it happens. Makes you no less of a person or a man.
3 weeks I have been on lexapro and just felt the effects in the last couple days. No bouts of anxiety within the last week. I also take xanex. One in morning and half before bed. I am on temp disability from wifi so I really haven't put anything to the test yet. I am sweating over bills and the hard time my disability insurance is giving me but it's manageable. I feel about 80% of my normal self and a lot better than 3 weeks ago.
I never expected to hit me either and you are correct, it's terrible. But I had it 8 years ago and I kind of knew what it was when it came back 3 weeks ago. So I knew what I was on before and what works for me. Of coarse I had to go through the transition period for the lexapro to build up in my system and made it no less scary. But I knew I was not going to die. Many of these young people experiencing it for the first time are so scared and I am trying to help them with words. Panic attacks are terrible. No amount of meditation or yoga or bible verses help you during an attack, only meds. Anybody who tells you different is setting you up for a let down. Yoga, meditation and bible may be okay for preventative measures, but not during a full blown attack. Trust me on that.
Thats the truth, this is my third time I am in this condition and it doesnt get easier, I know I will get better eventually I just want to make sure that the 30MG will kick in eventually since the. 10MG Ive been on for years hasnt done the trick. I appreciate the replies and I need to make sure when I start feeling better to come back on here and give others hope that thay are not alone and there is an end in sight
I appreciate the reply, I have been on 10mg for years and bumped up to 30mg and just playing the waiting game for it to start kicking in, feels like forever but I know there is an end in sight.
Because our brains are telling us everything isn't fine and we aren't healthy even though we are. I was on Lexapro for a long time, the generic escitalopram to be exact. I was on that combined with amitriptyline and clonazepam. I also had xanax for emergency rescue run out of the house like my hair was on fire panic moments. This was the best I've ever felt to be honest. I would give the medication time to work and if it doesn't so be it, there are plenty more to try, or to add to it. Keep bringing up your concern to your docs and make sure you try it all. What works for one isn't going to work for another. Best of luck.
Ive been on 10mg for about 4 years now and this is the first relapse I have had, so I bumped it to 20MG for 4 days then to 30MG since. I have very little side effects which is a good thing. Ive been as high as 40MG but hope the 30 will do the trick, i have definitely come to the realization I will be on meds my whole life and I am ok with that, it definitely beats the alternative.
I agree. What ever works for you. Advancements and n medicine everyday, so don't lock yourself in thinking you will be on it the rest of your life. As long as you have a good quality of life and no side affects then things are good.
I don't have OCD but GAD and Social Anxiety. I ignore the intrusive thoughts. I don't know if anyone else has this with GAD but I do. I get intrusive thoughts, but like everything else I worry about I've come to the realization that they are all false. I worry too much about everything its normal to doubt things too. When you focus too much on things you will start doubting them. I focused too much on my hair and began to cut it off I thought it was ugly. Never thought it was ugly before though. I blame my depression too. Its a irrational thought my hair is not ugly. Then same thing happened with myself. I always look at my face in the mirror my family tells me I'm vain. I'm not. Since I focus too much on my face I started doubting it. I thought my facial bone structure was bad too. It's not btw. But that's what Anxiety does we get irrational thoughts. Now I know to stop focusing on myself and start focusing on others or nature and keep myself busy. Meditate, exercise, walk, self imagery, listening to music.
Good Luck👍 hope this made some sense. Congrats on the baby on the way.🚼Hope you get better.
First, it's okay to concentrate on yourself sometimes. We all look in the mirror. Not because we are vain but because we want to make sure our faces are not falling off or to look presentable in public. Never think you are selfish for taking care of yourself. I am sure people depend on you and that means putting your needs ahead of others every now and then.