Hi, I'm Christina from Portugal, 20 years old and studying Biochemistry in university. I was recently (this August) diagnosed with bipolar disorder, after years of depression, taking Lexapro and floating through my first two years of college (which I now recognize as being a manic episode). My psychiatrist initially put me on 50mg of Zoloft and 2mg ( Read more... )

First, I want to thank everyone for their support on my little irritated rant about people who can live without meds. ♥

Now.

Has anyone had any problems with Lexapro? I'm on the max ( 20mg ), and it's definitely not working. I've been on it for 2-3 months now. I'm severely depressed, crying constantly, my body is sore and achey, I'm extremely ( Read more... )

Back at square one and not sleeping like a normal f*cking person. I hate this. This Rozerem is useless-- come to find out, it's a melatonin agonist. Mind you, I tried melatonin as a supplement long ago and surprise!, doesn't work. And Lexapro is giving me stomach pain that radiates to my back and it WILL. NOT. STOP. I'm calling in to work today and ( Read more... )

I've been on Lexapro since Thursday and I'm experiencing dizziness and nausea-- do any of y'all have these side-effects?  If so, did they go away once you were on it for a long enough period of time?

I really feel that this medication is helping me, but I've felt really yucky these past few days... @_@

Dunno if y'all remember my post about the sh*tty doctor at the state-funded mental health clinic here, but at any rate... My mom is in town this week and she went to my appointment with me today (she's also bipolar). She was a huge help and I finally got my meds switched up. I will now be on ( Read more... )

Does anyone know what the letters PO OD on the bottom of a script mean? I'm just curious ( Read more... )

hi all, i'm new here,  quick history, diagnosed finally in 2004 with bipolar II, have had a miriad of dr's and medication before and after diagnosis.  Have been treated for depression and then anxiety and now all three. My meds include 40mg of geodon, 20mg lexapro and 200 mg of lamictal in the morning.   1mg of klonipin and 60 mg of geodon at ( Read more... )

So, after the recommendation of you guys here, talking to my friends/family/boyfriend, and giving it long thought, I've made the move back home for the next semester ( Read more... )

So the short version is: has anyone had problems with an SSRI making hypo/mania worse?

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I've been on lamictal (worked up to 200mg) for three months now & I've been on lexapro (20mg) for about 45 days. My life is so much better now. It's become so good in the past week that I'm afraid something bad is coming. I guess that's from years and years of having a good week (or two) and then having a HORRIBLE week. Though, you all know what ( Read more... )