Just wanted to tell you that I have been taking the lexapro, and thanks to you I did cut my pill into 4 little pieces. I have since been taking the whole pill! I remember I was just making myself crazy about side effects, and did just that every little twinge I blamed on the med. My pdoc swore it was just me making myself do it, of course I told her she was wrong!! But I did take it , slowly. And now it is starting to help, and no side effects, except for dry mouth! I talk to you guys and kept telling myself it's ok, at first I had to do it alot and now like Heather I just take the pill and do not get anxious about it
this may sound strange but this is what I did, I stopped calling my lexapro Meds, and started calling it medicine. For some reason calling it meds made me feel very anxious! I started calling it medicine and told myself this is a medicine that I need, just like an antibiotic, or my mom s blood pressure medicine, and that I really needed it. Strangely enough I feel sooo much better thinking of it as medicine, and not thinking of it as meds. I know this may not help you at all but I figured sometimes sharing helps. And since you guys really helped me I figured Id let you know you can do this!! This is the first time I have ever taken anything for this and you guys have really been a big part.
Sheri Ann , I am an extremely anxious person. My therapist calls me a career worrier. I get every side effect, and every disease I read about. I have sworn that I have had a heart attack, stroke and even possibly cancer. None of wish I have ever had- thankfully. If I can do this so can you!!!!
ROFLMBO!!! I just posted, before reading any posts, guess we were writing at the same time, lol?!
Sheri Ann
Sheri Ann,
Just wanted to tell you that I have been taking the lexapro, and thanks to you I did cut my pill into 4 little pieces. I have since been taking the whole pill! I remember I was just making myself crazy about side effects, and did just that every little twinge I blamed on the med. My pdoc swore it was just me making myself do it, of course I told her she was wrong!! But I did take it , slowly.
And now it is starting to help, and no side effects, except for dry mouth!
I talk to you guys and kept telling myself it's ok, at first I had to do it alot and now like Heather I just take the pill and do not get anxious about it
this may sound strange but this is what I did, I stopped calling my lexapro Meds, and started calling it medicine. For some reason calling it meds made me feel very anxious!
I started calling it medicine and told myself this is a medicine that I need, just like an antibiotic, or my mom s blood pressure medicine, and that I really needed it. Strangely enough I feel sooo much better thinking of it as medicine, and not thinking of it as meds. I know this may not help you at all but I figured sometimes sharing helps. And since you guys really helped me I figured Id let you know you can do this!! This is the first time I have ever taken anything for this and you guys have really been a big part.
Sheri Ann , I am an extremely anxious person. My therapist calls me a career worrier. I get every side effect, and every disease I read about. I have sworn that I have had a heart attack, stroke and even possibly cancer. None of wish I have ever had- thankfully.
If I can do this so can you!!!!
Good luck
thinking of you
Kathy
Kathy, thank-you so much for your post!! I am a career worried, also, unfortunately!
Sheri Ann