Dear Bobby and Waves,
No. I had not looked up the med. I went into this hoping for the best.
I told pdoc that I had a bad experience on Prozac and he said I would be fine with with Lexapro.
Prozac and Lexapro are almost the same freaking drug!
I asked hubby just now to try to explain to me the chemical formulas of Prozac and Lexapro --- wikipedia has good illustrations. They look very much the same to me. Hubby started talking about nitrogen atoms and I said, "Later, I'm going to bed."
I took Lexapro
1. Fri
2. Sat
3. Sun
4. Mon
By Tuesday I had chest pains and anxiety and Wednesday I still have them.
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Originally Posted by waves
it is understandable. i so hope that tdoc will be helpful. i am glad you are going to meet with her.
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I like seeing tdoc when I am well so we can get work done. I hate when all we do is crisis management. I basically have to interrupt my sleep during the day, drive downtown in afternoon rush hour traffic to tell her I feel like garbage. We could just exchange pleasantries over the phone for five minutes and accomplish just as much for less driving
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Originally Posted by mymorgy
I know the feeling of not wanted to be experimented on....how in the world can you reduce stress in your environment.don't let your parents visit this year! say you have leprosy....
bobby
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When I was in my 20s I must have had a lot of optimism and a lot of strength to go through those med changes that I did. Looking back I see I had a lot of courage. I'm not going through med changes like that again -- spend 4 or 5 years going through 20+ meds???
The leprosy comment made me laugh. It's a good idea. My mom is germaphobic -- except she understands Leprosy -- once told me about a book she read about Leprosy in Hawaii. She finds leprosy and its history fascinating.
M.