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Posted by Holly Newie on May 22, 2003, at 20:18:07
I have been taking Zoloft for 7 years and my doctor has recently changed me to Lexapro. The first week I took 1 zoloft (100mg) and 1 lexapro(10mg). Now I am on the second week of just taking 2 lexapros(20mg). I was wondering if anyone else has had the same side effects, which include bad nightmeres, trouble sleeping, headaches, and jittery feeling. I don't know if it's too low of a dose for me or if this is not the drug for me. I was on 200mg of zoloft a day.
Posted by lil' jimi on May 22, 2003, at 22:48:44
In reply to Has anyone had these side effects to Lexapro?, posted by Holly Newie on May 22, 2003, at 20:18:07
hi holly newie,
glad to have you posting here at pBabble!
> I have been taking Zoloft for 7 years and my doctor has recently changed me to Lexapro. The first week I took 1 zoloft (100mg) and 1 lexapro(10mg). Now I am on the second week of just taking 2 lexapros(20mg). I was wondering if anyone else has had the same side effects, which include bad nightmeres, trouble sleeping, headaches, and jittery feeling. I don't know if it's too low of a dose for me or if this is not the drug for me. I was on 200mg of zoloft a day.
sorry to hear you are suffering those SEs.... but they sound familiar .... there's a lot of good info in the lexapro thread above this post....
check out: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030520/msgs/228075.html
for starters .... plus the rest of okpolosi's and leeran's subsequent posts ....hang in there
good luck
and
TAKE CARE!!!! (see blkvettes posts!)
peace,
~ jim
Posted by Okpolosi on May 23, 2003, at 11:50:57
In reply to Has anyone had these side effects to Lexapro?, posted by Holly Newie on May 22, 2003, at 20:18:07
> I have been taking Zoloft for 7 years and my doctor has recently changed me to Lexapro. The first week I took 1 zoloft (100mg) and 1 lexapro(10mg). Now I am on the second week of just taking 2 lexapros(20mg). I was wondering if anyone else has had the same side effects, which include bad nightmeres, trouble sleeping, headaches, and jittery feeling. I don't know if it's too low of a dose for me or if this is not the drug for me. I was on 200mg of zoloft a day.
"Recommended" dosage of Lexapro is 10mg, but there are many here who take more than that. I am @ 10mg, going on 5 mos.
The SE's you describe are common to Lex and should diminish and go away with time. Please do not get discouraged w/SE's which can get bad for some, in almost all cases they DO go away.
GOOD LUCK and we're all pulling for you!
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