My doc has just put me on the SSRI Lexapro( Cipralex) as he seems to think this will speed up my recovery somewhat as i have to wait a long time to get the CBT etc. that i need. My question is has anyone else tried this med and if so, did they experience an increase in anxiety when starting it?
I have only taken 3 days worth but so far feeling a lot more anxious (no other bad side effects though) than normal. Doc says it will go away in a few days but would be grateful for any reassurance from anyone who has tried it.
Thanks for that, you gave me the motivation to take todays dose despite the anxiety i have about it not working. Glad to hear that you had positive results from it so quickly. May i ask what dose you are on? Because of my side effects i am currently on 5mg per day but i have heard that this will need to increase eventually to 10mg. I hope that this increase in dose will have milder side effects than now. Its mainly the increase in anxiety that i dont like.
Thanks for your positive response- you kept me going today!
Thanks for your help with this. im hoping that maybe 10mg will be effective for me, since the jump to 20mg seems a bit daunting given the trouble im having with 5mg. But maybe my body will get used to 5 and then the increments wont bother me so much. Do you think i should go for 10mg next week or wait 2 weeks before bumping up? Doc doesnt seem to mind either way, though he admits to not gaving that much experience with lexapro.
I understand what you mean about negative thinking very well. For example last year before i 'knew' i had an anxiety problem i spent a couple of hours going mad with stress trying to get into contact with a utility company to pay an overdue bill. I was thinking the worst, that we would get cut off if i didnt pay that day and thinking so far forward that i was imagining having to carry bottled water up 4 flights of stairs until they connected us. I did get into contact and they didnt seem to care to much that it was late. Meanwhile, my flatmate was on the couch eating cake, telling me to let them chase us for the money. Now thats the attitude im aiming for!
I think its this negative thinking, where we project the worst outcome into the future that keeps us from being as relaxed as some of our friends. Mind you, some of my friends are too relaxed!
I have started altering the types of exercise i do. For example, i was finding running etc. difficult to maintain because i didnt have someone there pushing me on if i started to get anxious and want to walk instead. Now im not saying that everyone will have a similar experience to me because everyone is anxious about different things, but i love team games for exercise now. I play badminton, squash and occasionally soccer. I have to be cautious about my weight however, so i have to limit the amounts i do. I hope that soon my weight will be back up to normal and then i feel sport and exercise could be one of my major cures for anxiety. I feel that good afterwards (as long as i dont do too much). See if theres any local badminton clubs near you brandie and if you know someone that will go along with you it could be more fun than the gym, just a thought.
I nearly didnt post this because i wasnt sure if it qualified as a success story! Anyway, i just felt like sharing a great day i have had today.
I woke up today really feeling good, almost no anxiety for some reason, then i realised it had snowed in the night, real heavy, which is rare for the part of England in which i live. I had a quick breakfast, then went sledging with my family, it was a really fun morning and i didnt think about my problems at all. Then later on i had a call from a very old friend wanting to go sledging too, so i went up again and had another really fun time with him. Later on he admitted to me that he had also suffered from anxiety at one stage and he has since gotten 99% better. It got me thinking, we may feel like we are the only ones going through this, but their are so many people who have had this thing also and just dont talk about it. I never would have thought he would be a person to have anxiety but it just goes to show.
Anyway, the anxiety caught up with me later on in the day but i stayed calm and rode it. For some reason it seems much more trivial when you've had a good day. It was a real blessing- better than any med.
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