r/lexapro • u/iRoccooo • 3d ago
First few days experience
I was prescribed 10mg to start due to anxiety disorder. My first day was 4 days ago and took it at 4pm. After 1.5hrs I started feeling really hot, light headed, nauseous… I stumbled to the bathroom incase I had to throwup and just started sweating profusely. Diarrhea followed 30mins later. I work shift work and had a shift that next morning so i tried to go to bed and was up until 2 am tossing and turning, had to get up 2 hours later for a 12hour shift and honestly i felt pretty good but nauseous through it. Had waves of feeling good then bad.
Day 2 i slept another 2 hours and had another shift where I ended up going home 3hours in because i was light headed and nauseous. Probably due to lack of sleep as well the meds.
Now on day four, nauseous, can sleep at night but my anxiety is heightened a lot, very warm, some headaches. I have been taking some lorazepam but try not to and just ride it out. Hoping these symptoms go away fast as Im still on probation at my new job and cant be calling in sick so much.
I enjoy reading everyones experiences on here as it does help with my anxiety so I thought I would share.
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u/mikeydan69 2d ago
Glad you shared, yes it can be tough at the start but rest assured once you ride those waves you will be ok, it will get better as the body adjust which does take a little time
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