Is it too soon to notice results with Lexapro?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at
3:20 pm
I am 15 and been prescribed Lexapro on 10 mg for Depression and OCD and I’ve only been on it for about 2 days and I haven’t had thoughts of hurting mself anymore and I don have my mood swings as much, like I used to be happy and love life one minute and the next I just hate life. And now its actually gotten better. Is it the Lexapro working or is this just me?
Filed under: anxiety treatment
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Don’t even ask’ hey if you feel good, go with it and if you continue to feel good, then thank God u don’t have to keep trying other medication. Continued success.
It does sound a bit too soon for the Lexapro to be working, it could be the placebo effect of it. Just take each day as it comes, you dont wont to feel like you’ve failed if you have a bad day. Hopefully you’ll continue to feel better on the Lexapro, you might find it helpful to ask your parents to get you some counselling or CBT so you can learn coping skills for your depression and OCD. Take care.
I’ve had antidepressants start working after 2 days. Sometimes it’s a good thing sometimes not so good.
For me my depressions main symptom is I can’t get out of bed, I’ve spent like 2 weeks in bed, without eating, and drinking. Untill my parents had me admitted to the hospital. The doctor put me on one that had me bouncing off the walls. I couldn’t sleep at night, couldn’t concentrate, couldn’t follow a conversation but I felt good, I was really happy, I could not stop laughing. It was like I was high or something.
After three nights of being up all night, one of the nurses realized that medication was not agreeing with me. She wrote in my chart what she noticed. My doctor had to change it 3 times, till he found the right one.
The ones I am on now I started to notice a change after like 5 days. After a month I was functioning real good.
Here are a few tips for you.
1. Remember we are all unique. What may work for some people may not work for others.
2. If one medication doesn’t work continue working with your doctor to find one that does. Don’t give up.
3. Listen to your doctor. Ask questions. Listen to the answers. If you do not understand the answers you get, repeat, till you do.
4. If you are having problems (side effects, not feeling right, etc) try calling your pharmacist first. Pharmacists usually don’t charge for services. They, also, know alot about medications, sometimes more then the doctors.
5. If you find something that works for you, stick with it. Don’t decide that you are better and go off the medication.
I hope every thing works out for you and you continue along the road of progress.
Remember the goal is progress, not perfection.