Butterflykisses Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Prozac pooped out on me so pdoc wants me to try lexapro..any experiences with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notloki Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 The usual caveat to not using SSRI's (and many antidepressants) in bipolar folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunder Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I took Lexapro before I was diagnosed with bipolar. For me it sucked. It made me really agitated and angry, which in hindsight was probably dysphoric hypomania, but my pdoc at the time did not recognize this and told me helpful things like that I needed to work on ways to "ground myself" and "calm myself down". I wasn't on any sort of mood stabilizer at the time, so it might have been different if I were. For me, it was probably the worst anti-depressant that I tried before being put on a mood stabilizer. YMMV though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Lexapro 10 mg is a moderate dose. Lower than that isn't therapeutic for most people (though it seems to be for panic and some anxiety disorders). I'm not a doctor though. Schizoaffective disorders are usually difficult to treat (or recognized to begin with) since the symptoms are so mixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjimjam Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 It helped to some extent but no where near enough. It kicked in fast, I'll give it that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaryland Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 For me, it made me kinda tired and care-free all of the time. I have memories of sitting on my previous couch watching a lot of Law and Order SVU while I was supposed to be in my college classes, but I didn't care. I also like with a anti-social roommate and didn't go completely out of my mind, so the lexapro definitely helped in that aspect. My social anxiety was still prevalent but it dealt with my depression fairly well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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