Re: [PanicZone] I increased my Lexapro

Thanks Christina,

I still had some anxiety/panic as I was trying to get to sleep last night
for maybe an hour or two. But the panic didn't hit me as strong as it has
been, so I guess the Lex is helping a little.

I just want to feel better! And I want to stop feeling weak about
increasing my meds and not just working through this on my own :-(
I can't win either way!

Not feeling too great today, but going to try and have a better day.

thanks
Nicole

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Christina Mitchell
<cnaylor073@gmail.com>wrote:

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>
> Nicole I'm glad you got to increase the Lexapro. Hopefully it'll help
> you feel better.
>
>
> On 1/26/11, Nicole Zenner <hyacynthe@gmail.com <hyacynthe%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> > So, after all of the horrible panic and sleeping anxiety I've been having
> > lately, I just couldn't take it any more. I decided to increase my
> Lexapro
> > from 10mg to 15mg. It is not something that I wanted to do, because I
> want
> > to get pregnant over the next year or two, and want to be on the least
> > amount of meds possible. But, I really need something to help me, and
> > taking a xanax prn would be a worse alternative (for me only, not in
> > general).
> >
> > So after having waves of panic as I laid down last night, I took 15 mg of
> > Lexapro. I definitely felt some side effects today, but my anxiety was
> > actually a little better. I decided to take only 12.5 mg tonight and stay
> > on that for a little. I don't want to get too many side effects so I'm
> > taking it slow. If I feel better on the 12.5mg I will stay on that, and
> if
> > not I will then increase to 15mg.
> >
> > I also went to see a sleep specialist today at the Sleep for Life center.
> > It was actually more helpful than I thought it would be. It gave me a
> > little bit of hope. The doctor basically said that everybody can sleep
> > without pills (my mind wanted to refute this, but maybe there's some
> > truth?), and that your body will sleep when it has to. She said that
> since
> > I've been taking sleeping meds of some kind for about 13 years now, it's
> a
> > matter of retraining my body and reframing my cognitive distortions. She
> > gave me some tips on good sleep hygiene, most of which I already do, and
> I
> > have to keep a sleep log for 2-3 weeks until I see her again.
> >
> > We will see how this all goes. I just want a night of sleep with no
> panic!
> > But that might take awhile. I just hope to be normal with this someday.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Nicole
> >
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