Anyone here on them? I'm normally not the type to take something for my problems, but I've been going through alot of shit lately, finally broke down and started taking Lexapro a few days ago....not much happening yet, but they said it might take up to 4 weeks to start working...... Anyone else ever tried this or anything else like this?

 

I was on Zoloft for a year.
Took about a week or so to really get them in my system and I was all jittery for about two weeks while I adjusted to them.

Not a fan of the pills at all but sometimes they are necessary for some people.

 

Yea i'm not a fan of the stuff either, but i know when to accept that i need somethin to help me out some. Right now i'm just jittery as hell......

 

The jitters go away but if they keep up for more than two weeks go talk to your doctor about it because you may need a lighter dose.

I learned how to balance myself through diet and exercise and it has been working ok for me so far (5 years now) but I have my good and bad days. there are times when I don't leave the house for 2 or 3 days and do nothing, then there are entire months people can't catch me at home.

Gotta take the good with the bad I guess.

 

I took numerous anti-depressants/mood stabilizers throughout my adolescence, including ritalin, zoloft, lithium, chlonadine. They ended up turning me into a zombie so i stopped taking them; figure I'd rather be moody/unstable at times vs. being almost completely incoherent at times.

 

That was exactly why I dropped the Zoloft.

 

I have got to the point to where i was blacking out and doing dumb shit and not remembering it....its a mixture between my temper and all the shit goin on at home and work....

 

In my experience the pills didn't really help, they just added to my already piss poor judgement of situations at the time. Which led to people being confused with me, and myself lashing out because I took it it as apathy.

I think you may want to look into seeing a therapist to talk to. Pills treat the symptoms whereas a good therapist can help treat the cause.

 

turned me in towards myself alot. i ended up thinking more about stuff and being less social, which wasn't helping the general situation.

to be honest, i don't know where i am anymore, or who i am for that matter. I lost who i was when i stopped taking them because parts of my brain just shut off now that i'm off of them.


just look at the way i type or write things, i used to be very concise and very thought-out in my speech and espcially my writing... now it's just shit.

this is the reason why I would have fought my ex tooth and nail not to take any narcotic medication, but as it turns out, alot of people do need it. so if you really need it, i say go with it. but please, watch out, one day you may wake up not knowing yourself anymore.

 

Well, FWIW I have worked inpatient psych, outpatient, combat stress control, critical incident stress debriefings, social work, drug, alcohol, psychological testing, quality control, etc.....

My advice would be if you are really depressed to take the pills for a trial period. 3-6 months. You will probably gain some insight about your situation during that time. Them drop those pills like a bad habit. Becuase they are.

You gotta try to carry the knowledge you will gain during the medicated period forward.

Ain't no shame in using the pills like a crutch for a while. But it's my opinion that they are only a crutch and you do not want to use it for too long.

Big time good luck to you and I hope it all comes together.