Posted by Karalyn on November 19, 2003, at 23:01:35
In reply to Re: about insomnia side effect/bottom » samenewme, posted by pharmrep on October 4, 2002, at 0:19:46
hey, I am on my second day of Lex and I'm worried about all this talk of insomnia. See, I had insomnia last year and depression as a college freshman (they all thought it was just colleges stress--dorks). anyway i was on effexor and i took ambien to be able to sleep. i went off effexor (cause it was only a freshman college dip in my life right? WRONG!) So when i started getting depressed and not sleeping again I decided to go to a psychiatrist and not my primary doc anymore. he said i went off too soon, and i wasnt actually diagnosed with anything. Now im on Lex. but im worried that my insomnia wont go away and ill have to take ambien forever as well or some other sleep aid med. and isnt that dangerous? do sleep meds affect you long term? does one get addicted?
oh yeah I am also having the usual nausea, and diarhea. definately irritable bowel. one more thing, since I have only seen my pdoc(is that the short for psychiatrist?) once what should i expect? some of you are saying that you dont really get therapy or whatever just meds. well I want to get the most from it. I'm so glad I found this sight when researching Lexapro.
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