Posted by lil' jimi on August 26, 2003, at 12:00:04
In reply to Re: Lexapro is a NO for me!!, posted by completelypsycho on August 26, 2003, at 11:24:37
hi there Completely,
you posted:
> I have been on efexxor for almost 3 years and was changed to Lexapro a few days ago...I don't know if the problems I'm having now are from the change in med's or what but God theres a lot of them. If someone could let me know I would appreciate it. I was fine the first 2 days but on the 3rd day...lightheaded, short of breath, dizzy, shakey, heart running away..like I was having an anxiety attach that I couldn't control...I went to bed it was so bad and then all hell broke loose...dream's that I couldn't breath, that I was having a heart attack and on and on until I woke my self up and then the other side effects hit again....this is the 4th day and I did not take it today I went back to the Effexor and have a call into my doctor to find out if that was a good thing or not...any suggestions......oh and I still feel really shakey and all the other side effects are still there I assume they will go away in a couple days or at least I sure hope so...any help or am I going completely psycho????? HELP!! >
>sorry to hear it's going rough there for you ... ...
... ... for what it's worth, no, you're not going completely pyscho ... really.... ... the "discontinuation syndrome" aka withdrawals, for effexor are pretty notorious, all by themselves
... ... then add in the lexapro start-up side-effects ... ... never the best of times there
... ... it was a comfort to me to read the earlier eras of this thread while i was going through the adaptation SEs ... ... lots of good information there ...your effexor is an snri and lexapro is an ssri ... ... by quitting the effexor and starting the lexapro, we may presume that your norepinephrine quits having its reuptake inhibited selectively, just as the ol' serotonin gets thrown into its selective reuptake inhibition ... ... now ain't that a recipe for neurotransmitter melt-down ?
... ... we should expect SEs until all them neurotransmitters get a chance to restabilize into their new equillibrium ... 'cause them unstable neurotranmitters will cause you all kind of heck
... ... know what i mean? .. ... and i think you do ... ...... and of course quitting the lex and going back to effexor works the same neurotransmitter bad news in reverse ... ... in short, no fun ...
... ... i'd figure you'd have 3 or 5 weeks of lex adaptation SEs ... plus that and more for effexor withdrawals .. ... .. then a few weeks before the benefits of lex would kick in ...
... that is IF you were to go the lexapro route ...... ... what was your effexor start up like ?
... ... what dosage were you on ?
... ... what were/are you being treated for ?
.. .... why Did you quit effexor?thanks for your contribution to our thread ... ... please let us hear about how you are doing! ... please?
try to hang in there ... i'm pulling for you!take care!
~ jim
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