Posted by fleeting flutterby on December 6, 2008, at 11:30:45
In reply to is this lexapro or the flu?, posted by raisinb on December 6, 2008, at 9:09:37
> I've been on 10 mg Lexapro for a little over a month. In the first few weeks, I experienced a little diarrhea in terms of GI side effects and felt a little calmer.
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> In the last week, I've had intense nausea and I need to sleep all the time. For a person with severe insomnia to need to sleep for three hours in the middle of the day--well, something's going on. It seems odd for side effects to show up so late, though these are common Lex SEs. What do you all think?<<
--------------------------------------------------I've been on 20mg Lexapro for almost 6 months.... and I still get nausea off and on. I would be EXTREMELY tired, also off and on, for about the first three months. I think it could be the medication-- but- please know I'm not a pharmacist.
on a side note--- I read somewhere that Lexapro is often given to anorexics-- helps calm them and increases their appetite. I have always been just below the average on BMI charts.... I recently started to gain and so I- myself, took the dose down to 10mg Lexapro. I don't want to gain weight, sheesh!anyway-- good luck to you.
flutterby-mandy
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