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Side effects, the joys of medicine...
First I got gas - and lots of it. I made the mistake of taking the first dose relatively late - at 10PM, and I woke up at 3AM with gas pains and I couldn't get back to sleep. The gas has continued but it seems to be fading; I didn't really have any trouble from it last night and I would have gotten over 6 hours of sleep if our cat hadn't started rattling blinds at quarter to 6 this morning :cursebunn
Now I've got a charming combination of nausea and fatigue - the dopy sort of feeling that can come from anti-histamines. I'm not exactly thrilled.
On the other hand, I haven't had a single crying spell - and I have been able to cry. One of the big concerns that I had with the AD was that I might end up feeling "flat" and unable to cry. Day 1 felt somewhat like that, but last night and this morning I was definitely feeling the feelings and even shedding a tear or three - just not with the same depth or urgency.
All of this is way too soon to draw any conclusions, but I do hope that the stomach upset / gas pains and the nausea / fatigue combination fade away over time. I've read patient reports of the gas pains going away in about 3 days, but I've also read reports of continuing low grade nausea (which may account for some of the weight loss reports). One of my f2f friends who had been on Lexapro did mention fatigue the second time I talked to her about it (the first time she said she hadn't had any side effects).
J.
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