Your honor, if you look at this existentially, does it really matter that I was doing 75 in a 35?

[lazyneko]

Figured I might as well post some shots of the game Jeff and I are working on, to prove I am in fact not sitting on my ass all day every day.  (Though technically, I am sitting since I do the work at my computer)

First, let me say that I took these quick, originally to show someone online late at night.  Hence, they're uncropped and a bit large, and

Comments

Do Not take 5-htp and an SSRI at the same time.

[happypup]

Hi. I'm not familiar with Lexapro. I'm old-school - Prozac. But, assume it is one of the new generation of Serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.

5-htp is an over the counter nutriceutical. It is the pre-cursor of serotonin. If you are on an SSRI, you have be off of it 2 weeks (minimum go flush out of system) before starting 5-htp. The converse is true.

I do not know how they interact. Only know that my cousin, a doctor who recommended I try 5-htp before my last time on prozac a couple years back, and my current primary doctor both strongly impressed upon me not to mix them.

I know that a friend went through 3 different anti-depressants before finding one that worked for him. If the weight gain or other side effects becomes a problem, you might want to try another to see if it is better suited for your physiology.

Hope it works out for you as you are in perfect health otherwise.

[bakanale]

Started taking Lexapro yesterday, and I'm rather optimistic about it overall.

Yeah, antidepressants will do that. :D

On an unrelated note, shall we be seeing you tonight, or shan't we?

[lightsailor]

Oh, Lexapro, damn. Can't help you drugs-wise if your issue is with seratonin... I've not heard of any SSRI with the kind of side-effect reversal that Wellbutrin has. (In addition to libido-improvement, it has stimulant effects and tends to make people lose weight. And kills cigarette addictions. Crazy shit. :-P)

-Rachel

[minerva42]

Lexapro kind of shut me down in a few ways when I took it. I haven't had weight issues while on SSRIs, though, at least nothing I couldn't handle with a bit of diet/exercise work.

After a couple of months of Lexapro I switched to Zoloft, which is less hardcore, and generally still does all the things I need it to do to keep me sane, as long as I don't stop taking it.

Main things with Lexapro were the inability to orgasm (man that sucks) and feeling as though I was drowning the thoughts that would have otherwise upset me. I was very weirded out by knowing that there were all these things that made me desperately unhappy, and not caring. It was kind of overboard, but I can see how it might work well for some people.