Posted by Annette2 on December 3, 2003, at 1:41:28
I was on Lex 6 days. I hated the constant sleepiness. When I wasn't sleeping, I was lying on the couch thinking of all the tasks I should be doing, but never got motivated enough to do them. It was as though I could watch the whole world go by. This attitude caused a sort of passive anxiety. My libido crashed. I ate all the time. The only apparent benefit was that my husband said I wasn't as cranky as before. Taken altogether, I thought "eff this, I can't live with the SE's." So last Friday I skipped a dose of 5mg, then skipped Sat, Sun, and Mon. During those days I noticed that I became very agitated and angry over household matters, such as trying to get kids to do their chores, or having to deal with their belligerance. By Tuesday, I was having a panic attack due to the demands of the holiday season which loom before me--demands that will be piled on top of existing responsibilities. By afternoon, I was in a rage. Then I finally cried. As an adult, I cry much less than in my teens. I have to get to a point of finding things so intolerable that the tears come. I decided to give Lex one more chance. I took a 10mg pill. It seems to have calmed me down a bit, though it's very difficult to explain just how it did. If this attempt at taking Lex does not work, I will have to talk to the doc. But frankly, I've read so many negative things about all the meds that I wouldn't know which one to ask for, or which specific ones to avoid.
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