The Weirdest feeling...
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| Mon, 06-13-2005 - 1:39pm |
Ok the weirdest thing happened to me today, and Im going to say it was anxiety related, but it was so weird I just dont understand it!
I had just finished running, and was going to get a drink of water. I was walking to these doors, when all of a sudden, the doors weren't getting any closer! No matter how fast I walked to the doors, it was like I was in a bad dream and couldn't reach the doors! I got scared and closed my eyes and grabbed the walls, and when i opened my eyes I was at the door? It was SO WEIRD. It felt like my brain was a broken record that was skipping and that I couldn't get to the freakin door!
Today is my second day of upping my dose of lexapro so I wonder was this from that?! Then I thought maybe it was from running, but now it has been happening on an off, walking to the car, looking at a plant, etc. it scares the crap out of me---anyone ever experienced this?
--Katie

I just started Lexapro last Thursday and I have had the exact same feeling. It's sort of like feeling dizzy, but not really. You just feel detached from everything and not all "there".
I just automatically assumed it was a side effect from the medication, along with nausea, loss of appetite and trouble sleeping. I feel eerily more aware of things going on all around me right now. So since we're both feeling sort of the same way, I assume it must be a side effect of changing your dose.
Maybe you should call your doctor just to ask? Or see what it says on here www.lexapro.com
:)
It sounds to me that the feeling you are both describing is the "unreal" disconnected
to anxiety as well as medications! Do not feel bad about
these reactions--- but I would talk to your doctor about
them. It is probably nothing to worry about but I would
tell him/her just to be sure they know!
Take care, Judy