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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 279608" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>My difficult child 1 and I have both taken Lexapro before. I didn't know I was anxious before I took Lexapro, but I noticed that I didn't dwell on negative things or possible dangers or problems when I was taking it. I loved Lexapro.</p><p> </p><p>I noticed the very first day that I took it that it changed my thought process. As an example, I was making dinner and husband was laying on the couch. Before Lexapro, I would have felt irritated and angry that I had so much to do and husband was just laying there. With the Lexapro, I started to think that but almost before the thought completed itself, I thought that husband would help if I asked and he had been at work all day. It is like my brain would not even go down that path. </p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1 was taking it for ODD, with the belief that her ODD was caused by depression. It would work at first but we had to keep increasing the dose. Eventually, we were thinking we would have to add Seroquel to her medications.</p><p> </p><p>Around that time, we discovered that we all needed to go on the gluten free diet. I started before difficult child 1 and felt giddy pretty quickly. I felt that I probably didn't need the Lexapro any more and went off from it pretty quickly. My anxiety/irritability has not returned, unless I eat gluten. Since I felt so good, I was convinced that difficult child 1's problems were probably also related to gluten. She is now on the girlfriend diet (and dairy free) and doesn't take any medications. I feel better on the girlfriend diet than I did when I was taking Lexapro. I had some cognitive and physical symptoms that also went away.</p><p> </p><p>So I think Lexapro works on anxiety, and I think if you are interested in a natural treatment, the girlfriend diet might work, too. It is not as easy as taking a pill, but it was the magic bullet for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 279608, member: 1792"] My difficult child 1 and I have both taken Lexapro before. I didn't know I was anxious before I took Lexapro, but I noticed that I didn't dwell on negative things or possible dangers or problems when I was taking it. I loved Lexapro. I noticed the very first day that I took it that it changed my thought process. As an example, I was making dinner and husband was laying on the couch. Before Lexapro, I would have felt irritated and angry that I had so much to do and husband was just laying there. With the Lexapro, I started to think that but almost before the thought completed itself, I thought that husband would help if I asked and he had been at work all day. It is like my brain would not even go down that path. difficult child 1 was taking it for ODD, with the belief that her ODD was caused by depression. It would work at first but we had to keep increasing the dose. Eventually, we were thinking we would have to add Seroquel to her medications. Around that time, we discovered that we all needed to go on the gluten free diet. I started before difficult child 1 and felt giddy pretty quickly. I felt that I probably didn't need the Lexapro any more and went off from it pretty quickly. My anxiety/irritability has not returned, unless I eat gluten. Since I felt so good, I was convinced that difficult child 1's problems were probably also related to gluten. She is now on the girlfriend diet (and dairy free) and doesn't take any medications. I feel better on the girlfriend diet than I did when I was taking Lexapro. I had some cognitive and physical symptoms that also went away. So I think Lexapro works on anxiety, and I think if you are interested in a natural treatment, the girlfriend diet might work, too. It is not as easy as taking a pill, but it was the magic bullet for us. [/QUOTE]
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