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Going mad on meds!!! Help!

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Ok I was put on lexapro/Escitalopram about a month ago. the doc put me on 10mg, but the first 2 days I was practically comatose, I couldn't get out of bed, my head felt like it was going to explode...I actually thought I was dying. So the doc put me down to 5mg, and I've been on that for a month, and its been good-a little bit of nausea, but not much else. He's now put me back up to 10mg-as he thinks that dose will give me the full effect that I need, but I've been on it for 2 days and I feel so wierd. I feel shakey, twitchy, nauseous, a bit dizzy and cold. I just don't feel right, just typing is taking so much concentration.....
I really don't want to take another 10mg pill-I can't ring my doc as its the weekend, and I HAVE to go to work tommorrow-but how can I when I'm in this state??? I think it would even be dangerous for me to drive like this....please help, don't know what to do....
deleted_user
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can you not phone the hospital? they can advise you as to what you should do. :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
get a second opinion, can you get to another doctor?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I take the same thing and i can tel you those feelings wear out after a few days... please try to stay taking them... they will work for you
deleted_user
deleted_user
The prob is I've only been on 10mg for 2 days and I know they'll tell me to keep taking them for a couple more days to see if the side effects subside....I just feel wierd, I feel like I'm shaking but I'm not...I really feel like I'm going mad.
starfish
starfish
I'm not sure what to say, either, if they are disrupting you that much.

You definitely shouldn't drive, though. Do you have another way to get to work, or are you able to take a couple days off?
deleted_user
deleted_user
the side effects will go away.... they did for me
deleted_user
deleted_user
How long did it take before the side effects went??? And do you have no side effects at all now???
deleted_user
deleted_user
Isnt it ironic how theyre all meant to make you feel so much better and yet some make you feel even worse than when you started! im not on meds...its not tablets i need although my doc did prescribe prozac. I need counselling to help me deal better with what life throws at me. I cant imagine taking pills that are meant to help and end up feeling how you do and im sure you must be worried about having to take time off work and people not understanding why and that adds to the stress. If I were you... I would definately phone the hospital.. it cant hurt :)
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deleted_user
I might ring, or I might call nhs direct-although we all know how bloody useful they can be-once my boyf had a bad rash so we called them-they rang back 7 hours later, when we had already been to the hospital and back home again!
deleted_user
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blossom .. it took a few days andthen they wear off.... and no side efects now.. at least I don't notice any. I sometimes find it hard to concentrate, but I don't know if that's from depression itself or what.
Instead of the huge waves up and down.. I feel leveled out. I hope this helps you.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Maybe you just need time to get used to the new dosage?
deleted_user
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Be careful with Lexapro, I've heard of wierd side effects like suicidal tendencies. My son used to take it. We got him off of it and he was using Wellbutrin instead. Seemed to work better for him.
deleted_user
deleted_user
you could take a 5 mg for the rest of the weekend and then phone the Doc on Monday.
deleted_user
deleted_user
you don't have an emergency doctor on call for the weekend. The same thing happened to me at 4 am this morning, thought I was going to crawl out of my skin, so scary

just started new meds, and it is a disappointment

if worse comes to worse can ya call out sick?
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