I started Escitalopram last Wednesday morning. That night I started feeling heart burn. I have never experienced heart burn before and it really scared me. Saturday I went to urgent care regarding the heart burn and this burning sensation I began experiencing in my arms and hands. The doctor there told me that it was the antidepressant causing these and that these were side effects. They told me to take prilosec and consider seeing a therapist. I’ve been on prilosec the last 4 days and it seemed to have been helping, especially when sleeping at night at least. I continued to the generic lexapro and then Tuesday I called my regular doctor and asked them if this could be the medicine and asked if I would be able to try something else. They called me back and agreed to switch me and that it may help with these sensations I’ve been feeling. They told me to stop the lexapro generic for a few days and then start the other one. I stopped taking it for the first time in a week yesterday. I felt amazing yesterday. I didn’t really experience any burning sensation or heartburn at all. For dinner I had a soda and fried chicken. I feel like I have to keep hiccuping and burping after eating anything. Last night at 2 AM i woke up and my arms felt like they were burning again and I felt a bit of heart burn. I then started feeling really anxious again which made the feelings worse. Is it normal for me to still feel side effects a full 24 hours after stopping the medicine? Is it not completely out of my system? Otherwise I’m terrified it’s not side effects and there’s something else wrong with me... having health anxiety and experiencing “side effects” is not a good mix... starting to fear the worst.
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