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The basis of my anxiety has been off and on boughts of scary thoughts. I started Lexapro 10mg a year ago and have not had any scary thoughts since then which leads me to beleive that this is truly a chemical imbalance. I am glad to have found something that works for me so well. I am now a non worry ...

I take lexapro 10mg and I love it, no anxiety at all and feel great on it. But I do have a low libido because of it. I started taking Acai supplements from GNC and have noticed a huge increase in libido and energy. I didnt know they could increase sex drive, but after doing some research I found out ...

The anxiety stopped rather quickly, like within the month. But I did have some break through anxiety at 3 months too, but it was very short lived and went away quickly. I still will briefly get a feeling of anxiety but it never lasts. I would say by the 4th month I was feeling the total benefits of ...

Molly,

I was afraid of the meds too, but I took them and I am soo glad I did, there were some mild SE, but after 2-4 weeks I felt sooo much better. I take 10mg of Lexapro and I feel like myself, have been on itg for 9 months. I too was having thoughts about hurting my child (but I knew I never ...

I started having anxiety 7 months into pregnancy and then it went away and didnt return until my son was 2. I started having irrational and scary thoughts about my son getting hurt, me hurting him by accident, I worried about everything related to him. I read that PPD and PP anxiety can hit up to a ...

Does anyone that takes and AD have some night sweating? I heard it can be a SE, but it is not one to worry about. I cant figure out if I am sweating at night because I am hot or if it is the meds. I dont drench anything just a light sweat. Something tells me its being hot since it started recently ...

Vertigo is actually caused from an inner ear distrubance. See your doc and they can prescribe anit-vert to help, often taking decongestants help as well. This can be worse if you are anxious but actual, true vertigo is an inner ear problem that can be treated.

Originally posted by Holly J:
Thanks Nole. Just curious, were you prescribed a benzo along with your Lexapro in the beginning? Is it totally normal to be on a benzo when first starting an anti depressant?

Yes, I was prescribed Xanax, but I never took it as I felt I could handle it without the ...

All normal. Stick with it, your body should adjust. Just give it time. remind yourself that this will take time to work.

Your job has no right in doign what they are doing. They should not be telling others your persoanl problems. This could very well be what is causing the increase in anxiety.