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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 132775"><p>I've had my thyroid checked at least 3 times in the last year and dozens of times over the years. They've also checked parathryoid and gazillion other things.</p><p></p><p>I've taken lexapro for 3 years now. I started out at 10mg and after a year went up to 20mg with noticeable improvement. I've tried many other AD's and lexapro is the only one that has worked for me. Others either didn't work or the side effects were too bad. Welbutrin made me want to come out of my skin. I'm one of those that is sensitive to medications and I have experienced withdrawal from lexapro when I've missed a dose and when I tried to go from 20mg back down to 10mg. It's not mild withdrawal, either. It's pretty intense.</p><p></p><p>I've had sleep issues since before the lexapro so it's hard to say if the lexapro is causing any. I don't think so after this many years. Plus, when I had those 3 months of 'remission' from my physical symptoms I didn't have the sleep issues and I was still taking lexapro.</p><p></p><p>I know the fatigue is from whatever physical ailment I have going on but I think my doctor is just trying anything to help with the fatigue. I think her line of thinking is that with an illness that hasn't been diagnosed that is incapacitating is going to increase the risk of depression, especially in someone who has a history. She did rx lunesta. We tried Requip, but it made my symptoms worse. She talked about switching from lexapro to cymbalta because it has been found to be effective in treating neuropathic pain, but I tried that and didn't like it. It took me so many years to find an AD that worked for me that I'm really not interested in changing it. We did talk about Lyrica for pain issues, but haven't added it yet.</p><p></p><p>My concern is if there is no more effect at 30 mg why put myself through it? Eventually I would want to go back down to 20mg - especially if 30mg didn't make a difference - and I don't want to go through withdrawal. If I was experiencing ANY depression, I would try it in a heartbeat. But, I'm not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 132775"] I've had my thyroid checked at least 3 times in the last year and dozens of times over the years. They've also checked parathryoid and gazillion other things. I've taken lexapro for 3 years now. I started out at 10mg and after a year went up to 20mg with noticeable improvement. I've tried many other AD's and lexapro is the only one that has worked for me. Others either didn't work or the side effects were too bad. Welbutrin made me want to come out of my skin. I'm one of those that is sensitive to medications and I have experienced withdrawal from lexapro when I've missed a dose and when I tried to go from 20mg back down to 10mg. It's not mild withdrawal, either. It's pretty intense. I've had sleep issues since before the lexapro so it's hard to say if the lexapro is causing any. I don't think so after this many years. Plus, when I had those 3 months of 'remission' from my physical symptoms I didn't have the sleep issues and I was still taking lexapro. I know the fatigue is from whatever physical ailment I have going on but I think my doctor is just trying anything to help with the fatigue. I think her line of thinking is that with an illness that hasn't been diagnosed that is incapacitating is going to increase the risk of depression, especially in someone who has a history. She did rx lunesta. We tried Requip, but it made my symptoms worse. She talked about switching from lexapro to cymbalta because it has been found to be effective in treating neuropathic pain, but I tried that and didn't like it. It took me so many years to find an AD that worked for me that I'm really not interested in changing it. We did talk about Lyrica for pain issues, but haven't added it yet. My concern is if there is no more effect at 30 mg why put myself through it? Eventually I would want to go back down to 20mg - especially if 30mg didn't make a difference - and I don't want to go through withdrawal. If I was experiencing ANY depression, I would try it in a heartbeat. But, I'm not. [/QUOTE]
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