My head HURTS

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Registered: 01-17-2001
My head HURTS
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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 10:44am
I started lexapro 6 days ago, I just increased to 10mg 2 night ago.
Today I am still feeling out of it (as I have for a week) but my head feels SO BIG and I feel so dizzy and out of it.
HAs anyone felt this way?
~Heather
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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: mom_mrs_t
Wed, 04-27-2005 - 10:58am
It is so hard to say what is causing this, Heather. I know that in my case, anxiety causes me to have a foggy, spacey, unreal sort of feeling. There are always adjustments our bodies have to make to new meds & increased dosages. If you are concerned, call your dr. Maybe he can give you some reassurance that it isn't the med & if it is, it is temporary. Good luck! (((hugs))) jan



 

 


 



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Registered: 01-17-2001
In reply to: mom_mrs_t
Wed, 04-27-2005 - 11:17am

Jan,
Thank you for your help. You and everyone else has been such a great help.
I just have on more question (for now..lol)

You said that you get that unreal feeling, I have had that too, Pretty much for a whole, with the exception of a few breaks. My therapist says this is normal but I am SCARED! This is the worst feeling ever. I'm having a hard time understanding that meds will make this better.
Did you have this in the begining ?
Heather

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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: mom_mrs_t
Wed, 04-27-2005 - 12:06pm
Yes, I had it right from the beginning. Even 35 years later, it scares me! That causes my anxiety/panic to become worse(if I let it) when things just don't feel real/right. The meds work by calming you down & getting more serotonin into the nerve cells, so you get back to your *balanced* feeling. For whatever reason, ppl with anxiety & depression are low on this chemical or not getting enough into the cells. I hope I explained that right. It will get better, Heather. Never soon enough though. This extra anxiety you have will run it's course & burn out so to speak. You will get on with your life, learning to live with it or around it or through it. Like so many in our community, you will have a good life. We go to school, hold down jobs, marry, have kids & raise them. You have verything to look forward too. This is just a blip on the big screen of life. Sending P&PT's! Good luck. (We're here for any questions & if we have answers we'll be glad to share. That's what our board is for.) (((hugs))) jan



 

 


 



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Registered: 01-17-2001
In reply to: mom_mrs_t
Wed, 04-27-2005 - 12:20pm

Jan,
Thank you so much.
I called my Dr. and the nurse sasid that I can go in and see the Dr. The problem is that
I'm not comfortable leaving the house until I have this under control. She said that it could just be the meds kicking in.

I have tinges of feeling a bit peaceful, then I fall back into that awful feeling. When the meds work is it a gradual feeling?

I have the best support system. My dh has been so wonderful. If nothing else I know just how much he loves me.

Thank again,
heather

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Registered: 09-01-2004
In reply to: mom_mrs_t
Wed, 04-27-2005 - 12:49pm

Heather,

I absolutely had that in the beginning and, for me, the medication made it worse for the first couple of weeks each time I increased the dosage. A friend of mine who knew about what was going on with me was actually able to tell when I had increased my meds without me telling her because the unreality and fogginess made me spaced-out.

It did get better. It still happens occasionally and I try to do something that makes me feel grounded like cleaning or, if I can leave the house, shopping.

Jules