Hi everyone. Just wanted to start a thread about my experience with lexapro. Personally I have always been anxious and had some strange tendencies as a kid. I was diagnosed with Pure OCD a few years ago and have been dealing with it ever since.
This past summer, I had a breakdown and things got pretty bad for awhile. But I am building back up and trying to grow through the experience.
I tried prozac over the summer, but it made me really jittery and I could not sleep. After that I was put on mirtazapine to help gain some weight i lost back and to get me to sleep. Mirtazapine has helped most definately with anxiety. With OCD, thoughts provoke anxiety. Mirtazapine helped, but now when I got OCD thoughts, I got depressed and had been feeling down for a month or so. Whenever I was feeling down, I would go see my gf and that would cheer me up, but I want to be a happier person. This led me to calling my phsyciatrist and asking him about trying lexapro (this is what he reccomended last time I saw him but didn't go forward with it).
So now I am on mirtazapine (7.5 mg) and lexapro (5mg). I also have lorazapam (1 mg) but I try not to take it.
I am also in therapy for my OCD/anxiety/depression, so I am coming at this in a 3 prong approach.
- Medication (lexapro and mirtazapine)
- Therapy
- Exercise (I lift 4 times per week but will run more as it releases hormones)
So this journal is not only a place where I can show you my progress with lexapro, but also a personal journey to happiness.
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Day 1:
Took my first dose after getting home from the gym. I gotta say I am in a much better place than I was last summer, but I was really just coping with my anxiety and was not happy. I was starting to get depressed and I think I felt myself slipping. The first dose actually made me feel good, but I took it in a good mood.
I cooked up a nice clean meal, watched some football and hung out with my gf. So day 1 was a good day and had no physical symptoms. It is way to early for me to feel any sort of difference as this will take some time to build up.