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AdamChase84 
1:20am, October 12, 2009
After nearly a month of suffering from fairly severe anxiety and insomnia, I seem to be on the right track. Over the last three nights, I have slept 6-8 hours with no real trouble in falling or staying asleep. Coming off Ativan was difficult since I was worried about becoming dependent on it as well as worried about not being able to sleep well without it, though I seem to be finding my groove of happiness once again. My anxiety seems to have primarily disappeared after nearly three weeks of taking 40 mg of Lexapro each day. Could not come at a better time as I am preparing to move in less than a week.
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oh god adam you offer me hope. i am up again for the eleventh night in a row. i am soooooo exhausted. i can't figure out if this if insomnia from lexapro, or insomnia from pregnancy. i am terrified that i will never get another good nights sleep. i can't take anything, so i am afraid that i will never break the cycle. i have been on the lexapro, since eleven days ago. yesterday, i felt alot of relief from anxiety, but this insomnia is killing me. do you think the insomnia will lift ever? last night i got like two or three hours, but it wasn't restful. i didn't even feel like i was sleeping. i have to just keep saying it will pass. my dr (obgyn) was going to research any other drugs to help with the insomnia, but i did some research and they all seem to be a potential threat to the baby, so since i am taking lexapro already, i don't want to cause harm. since the lexapro seems to be working for the anxiety, i don't want to go off it either, plus than i will go through withdrawel and that isn't good for the baby either. i am in such a freakin awful cycle. things between me and my husband are so strained b/c of it tooo....
gsquared
That's great to hear! So glad you're feeling better...best of luck with your move! :-)
SarahMS