Hi, Dianne here, age 46, long time sufferer of anxiety/depression?
January 23rd, 2010 | 
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I’ve upped my Lexapro from 10 mg to 15 mg. I’ve been on the 15mg for about 3 weeks. Still very depressed, won’t go out of the house, can’t go to work. Lexaporo’s pamphlet says to take 10mg for severe depression. My therapist says that I might need to be on 50 mg? I am afraid of all the weight gain etc. I was on Paxil for 17 years for anxiety with great success, but it stopped working. Anyone have any suggestions…..I really don’t want to be on anything. I have such bad symptoms that I can hardly function. I am in a bad marriage and I’m going through memopause. I have a clean bill of physical health????
I’ve upped my Lexapro from 10 mg to 15 mg. I’ve been on the 15mg for about 3 weeks. Still very depressed, won’t go out of the house, can’t go to work. Lexaporo’s pamphlet says to take 10mg for severe depression. My therapist says that I might need to be on 50 mg? I am afraid of all the weight gain etc. I was on Paxil for 17 years for anxiety with great success, but it stopped working. Anyone have any suggestions…..I really don’t want to be on anything. I have such bad symptoms that I can hardly function. I am in a bad marriage and I’m going through memopause. I have a clean bill of physical health????
Any suggestions……I am so afraid of weight gain. Should I give the Lexapro more time……I’ve been on it since Dec. Hormones are “within range” which sounds silly to me since I’m menopausal???
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Enkel omdat u niet van de menopauze bent betekent u geen hormonen hebt. Uw lichaam heeft meer oestrogeenreceptoren ongeacht de eierstokken en zij leiden ook tot hun eigen oestrogeen zodra u volledig in " bent; change".
Ik neem een 20mg dosis dagelijks Lexapro zodat is 15mgs geen enge dosering. Het is niet ongewoon voor sommige mensen om naar 40 of 50mgs te stijgen.
Ik zou het uit plakken en zou met de Lexapro doseringsverhoging houden. De communicatie met uw arts is zeer belangrijk. Als u geen Psychiater hebt die u behandelt, zou ik adviseren krijgend. Mijn Huisarts is een groot regelmatig doc. maar een afschuwelijk doc. Psych. Mijn Pdoc redde letterlijk mijn leven!
Het is niet binnen reden om medicijn tegen te houden volledig, oordelend van de wanhoop in uw Q. Zodra u op juiste med krijgt zult u niet letten op nemend het gelooft me.
Hebt u gewicht sinds december bereikt? Als u op lexapro sinds december en haven' bent geweest; t bereikt gewicht reeds I wouldn' t zorg over het bereiken van meer gewicht. Dit medicijn be
Hi Dianne,
I’m a 24 year old recovering bulimic with depression, anxiety and OCD. In the beginning of my recovery I was doing amazing. It wasn’t until I went to a undereducated Psychiatrist that I started getting severe anxiety and depression. He put me on Lexapro then took me off for a period then put me back on. Lexapro made me feel completely helpless and emotionless. I never wanted to leave the house and at one point when I was taking a shower I thought I was a demon. It made me think incredibly dark thoughts and I became suicidal. My usual therapist sent me to a Psychiatrist because she wanted me on Adderall, not depression meds. I’m now on Adderall and doing much better. But now I suffer from anxiety because of the experience I had on Lexapro. I get scared if I have the slightest bit of foreign feelings because I think I’ll have a dark spell again…the anxiety kicks in real fast. Please ask your doctor if there are any other types of meds you can take. I would never suggest Lexapro to anyone. A lot of my friends have taken it and they’ve all said that it too was a terrible experience.
Hi, Dianne. Stacia here, 44, long time suffer of depression which ultimately turned out to be bipolar. Gotta love a good misdiagnosis!
Hate to say it, but the best weight control method on ADs is the same as in regular life. Well, it’s compounded by menopause, which is so unfair. Watch what you eat and try to shave a few calories off. Exercise regularly. A lot of weight gain due to ADs is actually due more to depression, not caring about food eaten, and reduced exercise/metabolism. Don’t allow munchies from the beginning (that can sometimes be due to the med).
Depending how Lex treats your depression, you could also talk to your doc about adding a little Wellbutrin to the picture. The thing about Wellbutrin, though, is that it can increase anxiety for some. You might want to talk to your OB about hormone therapy IF your mood gets substantially worse. As you probably know, hormones can have an influence on mood, and it’s good that you got them checked. I’m assuming that you already did the obvious checks on thyroid, sugar levels, and so forth. When those are off, mood can be effected, and of course, so can weight.
There are a lot of other ADs out there. Lex is supposed to be one with a low side effect profile, but if it doesn’t work, then move on to something else.
As for weight loss, if you find a healthy short cut, publish! You’ll make millions.
I have had depression on and off for awhile. I have learned a lot of things about depression, though I know I don’t know it all. I know that depression can be anger turned inwards. I wonder if you have gone to counseling to have someone to talk to? I know the things that are bothering us will manifest themselves in physical sickness if we don’t let them out. And it sounds like you have some there too. Especially if you are in a bad marriage, as you say. You need to figure out how to be true to yourself, whatever action that requires. But you also have to take care of yourself. Take that first step, go find someone to talk to. If you have to go on some medication right now until you can learn how to manage it, that’s fine. Don’t worry about it. But as long as you are taking other steps, like talking to a counselor and taking care of yourself, being true to yourself, you should have hope that you don’t have to be on the medication forever.I am convinced that if we address the cause, physical sickness can be balanced to result in physical health.
I might also look into alternative things, like supplements. Don’t know if this helps, but I feel for you. Hope you find an answer that works for you.
For nearly every depression med know dont want to try something similar and doctor you feel very severe depressionanxiety sister has different chemical imbalance and had no motivation to overcome this affected her greatly as it can become addictive but thats true.
Your concerns are not unwarranted. Many studies show higher effectiveness with the addition of a second anti-depressant rather then just increasing the level of a single one. This is also more efficatious if the medications are from different classes with different mechnisms of action. Lexapro’s effectiveness in only linearly based up to 30mg per day. Anything higher than this would not be beneficial. I have never had anyone taking more than 20mg/day before adding another medication. The lexapro may also not be working that well for you because it belongs to the same class as Paxil.
A very good anti-depressant that works well with the SSRI class that Lexapro belongs to is Wellbutrin. Studies have shown a marked response with respect to depresive tendancies when Wellbutrin has been added to another anti-depressant. Wellbutrin is well tolerated and is not associated with many side effects. Weight gain is minimal, if any. The only side effect to worry about is if you smoke. Smoking lowers the seizure threshold. Smoking while taking Wellbutrin can predispose someone to seizures. Wellbutrin also makes an ER (extended release) formula so that it only has to be taken once a day. I have seen very good results from this combination. Talk to your therapist about this option and see what they think. If you still have questions, contact your regular doctor for more answers.
Hope this helps
Good luck!
antidepressants can take up to 6 weeks to show their effect, so you should give your increased dose a little more time to see if it is going to work for you.
Als you' re bang van gewichtsaanwinst, verblijf vanaf Seroquel. Ik bereikte 50 ponden in een jaar.
Nu neem ik Wellbutrin 300 mg en Zoloft 200 mg voor belangrijke depressie, Ativan 2 mg voor paniekaanvallen en Abilify 10 mg voor schizofrenie.
Mijn meds hebben 5 jaar nu gewerkt. U hebt me bewust dat zij don' gemaakt; t werk voor altijd en someday zou ik een echt mandgeval kunnen zijn.
Aanvankelijk nam ik slechts de helft van de dosis die ik nu neem. Ik moest herhaaldelijk worden in het ziekenhuis opgenomen tot mijn arts mijn meds verdubbelde. Dat werkelijk gewerkte goed voor me.
Misschien it' S.A. goed idee voor u om uw Lexapro te verhogen. Als dat doesn' t het werk, u moet waarschijnlijk medicijnen veranderen. Don' t geeft op. Het nam me 5 jaar om mijn meds te vinden.
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Hey, Dianne, kon de overgang uw depressie verergeren? Mijn begrip van overgang (en I' m slechts in mijn recente jaren ‘30, zodat heb ik een paar meer jaar om te gaan) ben dat uw hormonen een weinig whacky gaan. En u kunt gewicht van dat bereiken, ook.
Als you' re zo slecht u can' t de functie, die op geneeskunde is die u een maatregel van normalcy toestaat is beter dan wordt onbekwaam gemaakt. Misschien als u geneeskunde vindt die genoeg u helpt, kunt u een oefeningsprogramma toevoegen (zelfs als it' s dat enkel) de gewichtsaanwinst loopt te compenseren.
En het zijn in een slecht huwelijk kan emotionele problemen ook verergeren, ook.
Dianne, i think that if you get marriage counseling or if absolutely necessary get out of the marriage, it may help your anxiety and depression. i’m sure you’ve heard that before though. my mom is going through the same thing. even though i’m 35 years old, it stresses me out to know that my mom has to go through these things. i’m so sorry that you are going through this. maybe if you changed meds. perhaps something as old school as Prozac. i had no weight gain with that one. everybody is different though. menopause will cause weight gain so it’s hard to tell if it would be from meds or menopause. you’re in my prayers.