side effect from lexapro? please answer asap.

I don't take Lexapro but it sounds like you may be having anxiety symptoms which is common in the first days of a new anti d. I would consult with your doctor though just to make sure that it is nothing else causing these problems.

Sober,

Glad you are talking to the doctor. That will be one less thing to be anxious about. I do take lexapro, but never had that as a side effect (I did though have that side effect with Paxil . . . where my muscles would be tense . . but it was more an all-over feeling and especially in my arms and hands).

I like to start on a half dose for a couple days just to allow my body a chance to adjust. If I switch meds, I go off gradually and then grandually go on the next med (but you can't do that with time-released pills because your not supposed to break them).

I think if it is a side effect of lexapro, it will diminish in a few days. Let us know what the doc says.

i went to the doctor and he said im fine, that it is just the anxiety. good news is i am actually feeling happy while at work. i use to dread going there, but now i don't mind it. i also found a way to make the night go by faster. i use to try and get all my work done asap so i could kinda relax the rest of the night, but then that would make me worry that my co workers would get mad if i took long breaks, which i can do because i have no manager at night. but now i just take my time and do everything slowly. usually all of my anxiety things go away if i stop thinking about them. like if i totallt ignore them, i feel like myself. but then it's hard to always do that, because it's a condition and i want a cure, so i check to see if its bothering me and that when they hit again. it really sucks that our own brains would do this to us. kinda pisses me off.