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Cipralex/lexapro

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MissMacD

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A few weeks ago I started on Cipralex as I was not able to do simple things like get myself to my job. Now I am realizing that I may need to apply for permanent disability because my sessions with my illness are so unpredictable and the length of each episode varying I don't think I can take much more of needing several months off work when working is the thing in the first place aggravating me.

I recently started a new job which has brought up some things I haven't talked about in years. I work in a raw vegan catering kitchen and I explained to some of my colleagues that I grew up on a farm, but that has triggered some really unpleasant things from my past.

I was feeling ok the past week, perhaps because I was on the high of getting a new job that I actually like. Last night, however, I woke up in the middle of the night as I felt my mood go from stable to super low. It took me hours to get back to sleep with the help of a few Ativan, then I slept until 6pm and now I have no energy. I feel dead inside.
 
Had a series of serious adverse effects to this drug and now am steering clear of antidepressants altogether.
 
Was put on Lexapro for what turned out to be Disthymic Disorder, made me sleep most of the day, my grades dived and I couldn't sleep at night.

Ended up going cold turkey off it.

Now on Zoloft, get very dizzy if I miss a dose for a few days, but it manages the anxiety really well, and I think that I'll be able to get off it in a few years time.
 
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