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20 mg escitalopram, fatigue and weakness terrible: What helps?
I have had anxiety n depression for 12 yrs. Im 74 yrs old.About 7 yrs ago I went on 10 mg Escalopram for racing thoughts. It helped immensely. Recently I picked up many new depression
n anxiety symptoms. Looking back , it was a lot worse than I thought. My PC Dr. Increased my dosage 20 mg. This has helped my anxiety ,depression issues. But the weakness n fatigue is devastating. To the point causing me to fall and finish trashing my bad knee ,Ive babied for yrs. I went to a Psychatrisr, she tried decreasing
Escaloprzm to 25mg, start me on Generic Ziff. When this hit my blood stream. I had terrible psanic attacks n stopped Zoloff. I go back to Psychatrist in a few weeks
Looking at depression meds n side effects. I fear that I am screwed. Im afraid im one of those people that might be better off living with symptoms. I have also taken phenobarbital n phenyotin for 55 yrs. No seizures in almost 35 yrs. Phenyotin can also cause fatigue.
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Thats Generic Zoloff.
Excuse typos exhausted as usual
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A little more info. This all runs together for me, it has been ongoing for
me for over 8 months. The weakness n energy,add in focus issues and more
all started before going to the 20mg escalopram dosage.
I went from walking over 3 miles a day average most days for over 5 yrs.I
was also riding my exercise bike over 3 miles a night. Now I can barely
ride 5 to 10 min.I am able to walk less than half a mile if Im lucky. Even
less now that I will be needing a new knee. Very frustrating.
To rkjb1951. Do you mean escitalopram? If you’re taking escalopram you probably should stop it. It is not FDA approved, nor does it appear to be approved for use in the U.S.
Don’t take my word. Send a brief email to druginfo (at)fda.hhs.gov describing your symptoms, the drug, your prescriber & pharmacy. If that seems overboard, you are the one suffering. I also would mention the generic “Ziff” as well. I’ve only heard of “Zif-8” (but what do I know?) which derives from a metal and is used to enhance drug delivery to your system. To submit a report about an adverse drug reaction: 1-800-FDA-1088. An online complaint form is not hard to Google.
Side-effects of unusual or uncommon severity or lengthiness may be reported. FDA advises one, if possible, to save a sample of the drug in question. For a paper form, download FDA 3500B.
I think I prb spelled it wrong. The drug is genetic lexapro. Prescribed by my PC. The original Paychatrist who recommended it highly recommended it. My new, current Psychatrist I an going ti is very familiar with the drug. It seems tk have less side effects than thd other antidepressants. Almost everyone I looked at has horrible side effects. It looks like sbnewbknee is in my future. On s bad leg with lots of problems.
t In spite of our ailments.
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1 ReactionI can spell, but cant type especially on a phone. Anyway. Getting a new kned sometime in the future. This leg had lots f issues from a old injury. Doesn't help depression.
Could you call your psychiatrist and asked to be seen quicker? Maybe put on a waitlist for cancellations?
The fatigue is not as bad
As it was. Weakness is till not good. .y other symptoms are much better with higher dose of escalopram. Im more afraid of other meds than I am
Escalopram. Side effects are terrible. She attempted to move me from Escslopram to generic Zoliff. Tapering off Escsalopram,low dose generic Zoloff. As soon as it hit my bloodstream, I had almost uncontrollable panic attacks, very scarey. Weakness is frustrating. Im 74 yrs old , generally pretty healthy and very strong, even as a older man. Ill give this psychiatrist one more try. It maybe time to change doctors.
With Zoloff she expected me to endure bone on bone knee pain
With no nsaids or little to no pain meds when needed. Not my 1st rodeo. Ive had 3 hip replacements. I know all about living with and recovering from joint pain