colwood

I just want to share a positive story to maybe give some people just diagnosed some positive outlook. I was diagnosed with depression and later ocd (obsessive thoughts) 10 months ago. My family doctor put me on lexapro 10mg. The first night on lexapro was awful. I woke up drenched in sweat and my thoughts were racing and I basically thought i was going crazy. I then only took 5mg (10 mg pill cut in half) for a week. This made the side effects subside. I then jumped back up to 10 mg with no problem. It took me almost 8 weeks before I felt the full effects of the medication. My depression is totally gone and my ocd symptoms are so much easier to handle. I still have obsessive thoughts maybe once every couple weeks but I no longer have the anxiety that used to accompany them. I sometimes make it through the day and realize wow I didnt even think about it today. I hope this helps some of you who are just starting treatment. Remember the first couple weeks on meds are hard but if you can make it through they can really help you out. Also I just started going to a therapist. Im hoping I can learn to deal with this without medication but I am sure glad to have meds while I truly needed them.