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lexapro??? anyone whos taken it

rachelnnrachelnn
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ive just started taken 10mg of lexapro and i take it everyday at the same time. what i was wondering is do you also have to seek extra help from a therapist to help you make you feel better? also what side effects are you feeling from the drug? i get very very tired and sometimes feel like im going to be sick.
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    I took it for about 10 months.  I took it at night so I don't think it really made me tired during the day.  I did use it along with therapy.  I ended up moving up to 20 mg but not sure it was the right drug for me.  It made me sweat like a crazy person too.  I self weaned & had no issue coming off of it.  I was off for about 5 months then realized I probably went off it too soon.  I was placed on Wellbutrin & it didn't make me sweat but my sex drive went through the roof!  I had a friend with the same side effect too.
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  • Mrs.HoneybearMrs.Honeybear

    i'm on it now and am just about to start my 2nd month. most of the side effects i had in the first week or two have subsided. i'm taking 10mg....

    for about the first 10 days, i felt sleepy and yawned a lot. i had a strange jaw clenching thing that was kind of annoying that made me feel like i was strung out or something, i had one day where i woke up with these huge hives on my ass (strange but true) that itched like crazy, but they went away and the only other major side effect was that my digestive system was JACKED UP for about 3 weeks. it was bad. i felt sick to my stomach and...well...there were other problems in the same department, if you know what i mean.

     that said, i definitely think it is helping a lot. i haven't had any "episodes" and i have faced some pretty stressful events that i think would have been triggers before for outbursts and fits of rage and sailed through them. i am seeing a therapist also, but i've only been once so far. next appointment is this weekend.

     good luck :)

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