Hi All, I was wondering if anyone has ever tried lexapro and how the side effects were . I am currently taking zoloft 50mg for depression and i have been on it for years. I have been going threw a low period for a couple weeks now so was thinking its probaly time for a adjustment (not lap band!!) Anyhow I no 2 people on this and like it alot. Just wanted to get some more opinions, please share..........................

Do you all get your Rx from general practitioner/PCP or do you see a Psychologist/Psychiatrist?

I have a great PCP and I want to ask to start antidep. but I don't know how to bring it up.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

Schexy,

Doctors really appreciate straight talk. Something like, "you know Doc. I've not been feeling like myself for a while and think I'm depressed. Could we talk about this?"

This gives the doctor a place to start the conversation and then he/she will probably ask you a series of questions designed to give an overall impression of your emotional mood level.

Good luck and let us know what the doc says.

Jo Ann

Lexapro saved my life.. seriously.. I feel so much better on it.. sometimes I have mine paired with wellbutrin in the wintertime cuz I can suffer from seasonal depression and that helps but wellbutrin can also make you gain weight. I didn't take it this winter and Lexapro was enough.

I had no side effects at all.. Love the stuff!

~Donnamarie~

Well went to the docs and he wouldn't put me on lexapro. He said he presribes it alot but its not for me. He also said it slows down your metabolism and with my eating disorder well thats not that great for me. So anyhow he put me on prozac 20mg to start. He said zoloft 50mg was doing nothin but I refused to take anymore of it and so i would take was 50mg. He told me I need to surrendar and face the fact I can not be in comtrol to giv eit up. He was a bit harsh but with the events that happened to me over the weekend I don't deserve anyone to be too nice. So lets see if this works hopefully I will notice it soon.

Oh yeah the pschiatrist put me on 50mg zoloft years ago then I stopped going to him and my pcp continued my prescription and said only if I had problems I should see him again so thats what I did and now my case it back open.

I take 20 mg Lexapro and 300 mg Wellbutrin daily...seems to work for me. When I was banded they had to switch my 300 mg wellbutrin tab for 2 150 mg ones because the lower dose was smaller. I feel like the combination of the two meds has given me back myself.

Emily

I was on lexapro a couple of years ago. I struggle with sleep issues, and most of these types of meds have side effects of either making you tired or making you not tired. It had the "make me not tired" effect on me. No matter what time of day I took it, I had terrible insomnia at night.

I am currently on prozac, and so far so good. Lexapro is a very good medication, it is just me that it didn't work so good on.