Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Hi everyone!!!
So over the past few months I have been suffering terribly from panic disorder, extreme anxiety, agoraphobia, depression and derealization. I was so close to killing myself and ending it all until I started taking escitolopram (generic for lexapro) 20 mgs daily and it turned my entire life around. I've been on it for a month and my previously unconsolable anxiety is now reduced to little to none. Whenever someone used to invite me somewhere or suggest I go somewhere, immediately I would have intense fear. Now I am finally able once again to have the first thing I consider when invited somewhere is if I really want to go!!!! It's soo liberating to have my life back again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also take xanex whenever needed which is usually daily just for more help when I really need it.
The only side effects of lexapro for me were headaches for the first two or three weeks as well as inability to orgasm, but for now I'd much prefer the mental relief over that. I also had a highly uncontrollable sex drive before so now it's pretty normal and far more manageable so it really worked out for me. Am still able to lose weight on it which I have been doing for months.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TAKING THIS FOR ANYONE THAT HAS ANXIETY!!!
Anyone else wanna share their lexapro success story/side effects or if it didn't work for them as an anti-anxiety medication?
So over the past few months I have been suffering terribly from panic disorder, extreme anxiety, agoraphobia, depression and derealization. I was so close to killing myself and ending it all until I started taking escitolopram (generic for lexapro) 20 mgs daily and it turned my entire life around. I've been on it for a month and my previously unconsolable anxiety is now reduced to little to none. Whenever someone used to invite me somewhere or suggest I go somewhere, immediately I would have intense fear. Now I am finally able once again to have the first thing I consider when invited somewhere is if I really want to go!!!! It's soo liberating to have my life back again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also take xanex whenever needed which is usually daily just for more help when I really need it.
The only side effects of lexapro for me were headaches for the first two or three weeks as well as inability to orgasm, but for now I'd much prefer the mental relief over that. I also had a highly uncontrollable sex drive before so now it's pretty normal and far more manageable so it really worked out for me. Am still able to lose weight on it which I have been doing for months.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TAKING THIS FOR ANYONE THAT HAS ANXIETY!!!
Anyone else wanna share their lexapro success story/side effects or if it didn't work for them as an anti-anxiety medication?
Thank you for posting this...too often, all you read online are the horror stories about meds. My Dr. just prescribed me Celexa (I think it's considered very similar to Lexapro, but I'm not too sure) and I haven't started it yet because I am afraid. But reading about how much better you're feeling really makes me want to give it a try!
Keep us updated on how you're doing!
Happy hugs!