Lexapro for depersonalization

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Avatar m tn There is not definitive medical treatment for depersonalization and derealization however antidepressants such as SSRIs (prozac, lexapro, celexa, paxil, zoloft etc) and benzodiazepines (used for anxiety, such as valium, klonopin, ativan) have been used with some success in some patients. Counseling by a psychologist may also be helpful in some cases.
Avatar f tn , and the reality of the world around me, and then eventual depression. I also went on Lexapro, and found it really helpful for the first 6 months about, but find my health anxieties returning. I am wondering if a higher dose will help, maybe cutting out caffeine will help, and maybe cutting out alcohol will help, but I really do feel I better when I drink.
Avatar m tn ve been having major anxiety for sometime which has turned out into depression. Due to my sensitivity to meds, my doc has prescribed for me to take Lexapro the following way. Week 1: 1/4 of a pill (2.5mg) Week 2: 1/2 of a pill (5mg) Week 3: 3/4 of a pill (7.5mg) Week 4: 1 pill (10mg) I'm currently on day 4 of taking 5mg and still don't feel a difference. Seems like my anxiety is higher and I've been having more depressive moments.
Avatar m tn ve been having major anxiety for sometime which has turned out into depression. Due to my sensitivity to meds, my doc has prescribed for me to take Lexapro the following way. Week 1: 1/4 of a pill (2.5mg) Week 2: 1/2 of a pill (5mg) Week 3: 3/4 of a pill (7.5mg) Week 4: 1 pill (10mg) I'm currently on day 4 of taking 5mg and still don't feel a difference. Seems like my anxiety is higher and I've been having more depressive moments.
1258539 tn?1293840202 I have been living with severe anxiety and depression along with depersonalization for the last 6 months. I just started cymbalta 60mg. Was wondering if anyone thinks this might help with the anxiety and depersonalization feelings?
Avatar f tn I felt that way on lexapro and the blah feeling, that is why I needed to go off it.
Avatar n tn I was prescribed the Lexapro for panic attacks I was having after emotional trauma from having a hemiplegic migraine. Had I known what this one pill would have done to me, I would have taken my panic attacks magnified 10x over this feeling. Its been 2 months, and I still feel like my life has been completely ruined by just one small dose of lexapro. I've almost committed myself to a mental hospital 3 times. The first day I took the lexapro I felt "off" for like 2 hours after.
Avatar n tn the concerta acts is a CNS stimulant, and over-stimulation of the CNS results in anxiety/panic disorder. i've taken lexapro for anxiety, and among all the SSRI's i've ever taken, lexapro helped me the most for anxiety. maybe stick it out with the lexapro for a little longer to see if your condition improves.
955569 tn?1255489680 Question; why have you been on lexapro; for anxiety? What are you being hit hard w/ again, anxiety? I have anxiety; in fact, I'm just now slowly getting over agoraphobia-a chronic anxiety disease. I have symptoms similar to what you listed, daily. I continue to wonder if it's my heart because of the over all feeling of "not feeling good" and the mainstay of nausea.
774736 tn?1311331385 Sitting around watching TV or playing games is not healthy for anyone, but even worse for those of us dealing with depression. The more you do....the more you'll want to do. At first you have to push yourself, but do it. You don't want to wake up and old man one day and wonder where your life went. Decide today to take your life back and you steer the boat! You're so young with so much living to do....don't miss a moment of it! Best wishes!
1448936 tn?1363206346 I've gotten a symptom off and on for awhile now. I assume its from my anxiety because i had several ct scans a few years ago and nothing came up, which is when i first noticed the symptom. After reading about depersonalization on here I think I've finally figured it out. So I'll try to describe it. I get lightheaded and then I start feeling like I'm in a dream, like I'm imagining whats happening. I feel like I'm going to pass out from it sometimes.
Avatar n tn Hi, i have currently had Depersonalization/Derealization for the past 3 months,coupled with an underlay anxiety problem. I currently take lexapro which seems to have helped a ton, most of my anxiety has seemed to be subsiding. Now if only i could say the same for the DP/DR. I have cloudy vision and a lot more floaters which i have heard many times is caused by the anxiety. I've had my eyes check and everything seems to be fine.
1111160 tn?1258471532 Okay so I have been having anxiety for about 4 weeks it's been pretty hard yet Ive had a few okay days however my mind is always consumed with fear of something happenIng to me! I know anxiety brings on fear but my concern is with anxiety can we make the fear seem so real that it will happen? I get a feeling of depersonalization a lot and it freaks me out! I barely sleep and thses past few days I haven't felt as anxious but emotionally numb?? Does anyone else feel like this?
Avatar f tn Starting a few years ago, I have experienced bouts of depersonalization that come and go in strength. When I feel that way, which I do now, I feel like I’m dreaming and sort of detached from what’s going on around me. It’s so uncomfortable and unnerving that it perpetuates my anxiety a lot more. I just don't feel all there. I think it’s even making me depressed this time around.
Avatar f tn m gunna throw up and worsened anxiety and depersonalization. So my doctor told me to stop and switched me to lexapro 10mg when will I notice a change?
Avatar f tn I am having a struggle right now. I have been going through depersonalization for the past couple of weeks because I began taking my meds again and this is a side effect in the beginning. But whats upsetting me is it literally seems like I dont recgonize myself in the mirror. My face looks different to me. No one else thinks my face looks different but to me it does. its frightening. I keep checking to see if it looks familiar again but it dosent.
Avatar f tn ve been diagnosed with anxiety for 20 years) Shortly after this you began to feel the depersonalization hit. Add to that being anemic, the exhaustion that can accompany that, having been sick for 5 weeks and NOW feel you may have a sinus infection............I'd say you had all the makings of an anxiety espisode with concurrent depersoanlization.
Avatar m tn alright i've been having this depersonalization for almost 2 months now i noticed that i don't have anxiety that much anymore, but in those 2 months and this only happens at night maybe times in the day but not as bad but anyway i feel like i'm not part of reality and have really bad memory it's so bad that i lose track of time but most of all it's like i'm losing my mind it scared the hell outta me please someone if u ever have been through what i'm going through ple
Avatar f tn Hi Kim , depersonalization can be a frightening and strange sensation . It will go away with time . I had it for a few months and now it's gone and it will be for you too !
993025 tn?1284886091 ve been on and off depressed for a few years and so much in my life is changing, I feel like I have nothing TO BE depressed for really, nothing that is SOOO bad that I should be feeling like this. But still I feel beside myself, like just BLAH... Down in the dumps-- nothing is worth enjoying. And I don't really realize it often times, until someone says something like "What's wrong?" "Are you ok?" "Are you mad at me?" or something like that.
190673 tn?1259203266 Has anyone who suffered from derealization and/or depersonalization recovered and if yes, how? I have this problem for years.
Avatar f tn sometimes mine feels like everything is unreal but also the enviroment or situation feels dark, eerie and sinister for the moment i am in that state of dp. i dont always experience this feeling with it but lately i have been. its almost as if something evil is going on it feels like. it the worst feeling i have ever had. caused me even much more fear. and now i feel like my whole brain is in a fog when i think back about it because it almost seems like the whole day was a dream.
1323306 tn?1274660642 I have had anxiety for a while now and it has been very severe.Recently it has infested within me instead of physical I feel separated from myself and confused and I constantly obsess over it,I also google everything and now I fear that I have a brain tumor or anyerism Im losing my patience and I dont know what else to do.Is this happening to anyone else?
Avatar f tn You sound like me 20 years ago! Anxiety is your problem! I too went away to college but had to come back home. I wanted to sleep to hide from the world. When it was time to go to class I couldn't keep my schedule straight or remember where the classrooms were. My brain went into a fog anytime I tried to go anywhere. I've been on meds (citalopram) for over 10 years. I think it works to an extent but only to mask the symptoms.
Avatar n tn It is an odd think. No miracle cure for it. I used to get it badly years ago. To the point were I once went to the shops with my mum, came home, whilst is that state, went to my room, came back down and asked my mum when where we going to the shops. Wasn't aware of the time we were out at all. Just does whacky things to you. I almost got knocked down because of it another time. Saw the car as been much further away. So walked across the road. The car was so much closer.