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Hello! I am a 47 year old mom of 4 kids. When my last daughter was born I went on lexapro due to very upsetting insomnia, anxiety and depression postpartum. I had this issue of insomnia and anxiety before my first was born as well but thankfully I was ok for many years while my kids were little and was on no meds. I was prescribed lexapro after my last daughter born, rough startup but eventually It overall worked for 8 years at 10mg. I would still have flare ups of insomnia which I wasn’t crazy about occasionally still once or twice a month. I slowly weaned to 5 went off and had no issues other then some crying spells. 4 months have gone by. I went off because I didn’t want to be on meds longer and felt overall better and was hoping to loose some stuck weight. I did loose my dad in February and have a very stressful issue with my 16 year old behaviorally so perhaps wasn’t best decision.
2 weeks ago I started to spiral with depression and anxiety I was waking up at 5am often I think brought on by stress. Decided to go back on 5mg lexapro a week ago. My insomnia got much worse after trying to restart 5mg lexapro I wake up at 1:30 and can’t go back to bed. Freaked me out and stopped it. My new symptom is panic attacks which I didn’t have in the past where adrenaline rushes through my
Body multiple times a day. I am now trying tryptophan, theanine, valerian, and cbd and thc gummies is my next option.the last 3 nights I have slept 3- 4 hrs last night I popped a Xanax because woke up after one hr and couldn’t go back to bed. Not sure what
To do. I also am getting to premenopausal age so perhaps some of this factors in. I’m thinking this is a relapse and will need meds for life 😭
Has anyone restarted lexapro or there drugs and had a success story? Scared to go through side effects startup and have to switch meds. Anyone here on meds for life?
Thank you in advance 😊
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@mvictoria
Thank you and I am very hard on self. Feel terrible for taking sleep stuff makes me so much more anxious. I don’t mind the Prozac piece. I see these messages on boards and sleeping meds don’t always work. This terrifies me
@ancl123 The Ashwagandha didn’t seem like enough last night so still searching for the right combo. I took 50 mg Trazodone when I tried it. The dr said I could go higher (to 100mg). What do you take? How do you like the Remeron? I just asked for that one so going to try it soon I think.
I am also on lexapro and had a lot of the issue the same things happening to me. I also have Multiple Sclerosis so blamed most of it on that but then realized nope this is different, I was paralyzed by the panic attacks and started to have hot flashes(I thought were MS), brain fog and just pains in places that didn’t make sense. I again blamed it on MS, but waking up at 1, 2 or 4:36 in pure fight or flight, I finally went to a dr who told me I’m in perimenopause and asked if I wanted to do hormone replacement therapy. I said yes and thank you Jesus!!!! It’s not 100% but it’s 100% better than it was! I hope that helps you.
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3 ReactionsSo glad you found relief with your treatment. Wow, that sounds super scary as you very clearly described. Keep getting better. Thanks for posting.
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1 Reaction@sarawiet thank for sharing about your experience! Are you still on the Lexapro? Are you doing Progesterone and Estrogen? So glad you’ve found some relief!!
No more lexapronstarted Prozac a week ago. Prozac less activating but still sleeping bad. Psychiatrist Recommended adding trazadone 100 at night or Remeron or Doxepin🥹
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Yes to progesterone and estrogen def not helping yet been a month
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1 Reaction@ancl123 oh yea I know you’d stopped Lexapro, was asking if @sarawiet was still on if after her comment about things settling down for her after starting hormone therapy. Thanks for letting me know your Trazodone dose! Do you like Remeron? Good to know about Doxepin, have you tried that one? Thank you!
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1 Reaction@tawnycgeorge yes I’m on all three.
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2 Reactions@sarawiet I’ve been on lexapro for years and now estrogen and progesterone for a month and a a half and feel like a different person.
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