Re: OCD and low Lex dosage..bad day

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Dana;

Thanks. I couldn't remember any dreams last night. Just awoke with

terrible anxiety and

my OCD wasn't the greatest today or in the past few days. I have forgotten

what it was like to

awake without anxiety in a very long time.

My psychiatrist increased my liquid lexapro to 2.5mg every 3 days. So,

tonight I start the

new dosage. My psychiatrist will not go any faster with the lexapro, wants

to titrate slowly so

that I will be able to tolerate it. So I have to tolerate the OCD and

anxiety as best as I can until

I can take the theraputic dosage and begin to feel better...

>From: " danarose1950 " <danarose1950@...>

>Reply-Lexapro

>Lexapro

>Subject: Re: Dreaming and Lexapro

>Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:17:32 -0000

>

>You know what ........ my trauma therapist used this technique

>with me. After she repeated to me that she wanted me to turn around

>and face my stalker in my dream and to not be afraid, I did. Instead

>of running away from him, I was able to turn around and see him. We

>have used this technique alot and for me it works, at least for me

>anyway. I never had that dream again.

>

>I think since you are determined to get to the bottom of these

>dreams, it has hightened your awareness and you may start to remember

>alot more. Also, during the daytime hours, I often will remember a

>dream or it's significance. I hope this works for you

>

>Dana Rose

>

>

> > > > > > > > > > > Could be and I hate to burst y'alls bubble <G>

>but the

> > > > > > >dreaming

> > > > > > > > >is

> > > > > > > > > > a side effect

> > > > > > > > > > > of Celexa and as Lexapro is a new version of

>Celexa

> > >it

> > > > > > >follows

> > > > > > > > > > that alot of the

> > > > > > > > > > > sides are similar.

> > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > I had the most vivid dreams while taking Celexa. I

> > >really

> > > > >miss

> > > > > > > > > > that part. No bad

> > > > > > > > > > > ones. Although some people report very vivid

> > >nightmares. I

> > > > > > >know

> > > > > > > > > > that I was

> > > > > > > > > > > worried about having a bad dream as the dreams I

>was

> > > > >having

> > > > > > >were

> > > > > > > > > > so vivid it was

> > > > > > > > > > > like being there....and not dreaming.

> > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > Barbara

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

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~ ~ If you don't mind me asking, can you describe your

feelings when you first wake up that signal to you anxiety?

Dana Rose

> > > > > > > > > > > > Could be and I hate to burst y'alls bubble <G>

> >but the

> > > > > > > >dreaming

> > > > > > > > > >is

> > > > > > > > > > > a side effect

> > > > > > > > > > > > of Celexa and as Lexapro is a new version of

> >Celexa

> > > >it

> > > > > > > >follows

> > > > > > > > > > > that alot of the

> > > > > > > > > > > > sides are similar.

> > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > I had the most vivid dreams while taking

Celexa. I

> > > >really

> > > > > >miss

> > > > > > > > > > > that part. No bad

> > > > > > > > > > > > ones. Although some people report very vivid

> > > >nightmares. I

> > > > > > > >know

> > > > > > > > > > > that I was

> > > > > > > > > > > > worried about having a bad dream as the

dreams I

> >was

> > > > > >having

> > > > > > > >were

> > > > > > > > > > > so vivid it was

> > > > > > > > > > > > like being there....and not dreaming.

> > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > Barbara

> > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > >

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Dana;

It jolts me right out of sleep, panic/anxiety...I shake, rattle and

roll! thinking something catastrophic will happen...I think it's the

OCD breaking through. I just wake up filled with panic/anxiety. The

only way I can get over it is to get out of bed, get ready to get out

of the house...because if I hang around I find things to ruminate

about and it makes my OCD worse.

My OCD therapist and psychiatrist said it might be all the changes

going on right now, the move, not sure if it had anything to do with

the new increase in the Lexapro last night. I am now at 2.5 mg liquid

Lexapro every 3 days at night along with the klonopin. The increase

might have spiked the OCD symptoms and anxiety.

I questioned my psychiatrist if we can speed up the dosage, like

every day and he said flat out NO!!! WE have to go slowly. The last

Doctor really made things worse with the medications.

I have an appointment with my OCD therapist tomorrow afternoon and we

will try to explore what is going on.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > Could be and I hate to burst y'alls bubble

<G>

> > >but the

> > > > > > > > >dreaming

> > > > > > > > > > >is

> > > > > > > > > > > > a side effect

> > > > > > > > > > > > > of Celexa and as Lexapro is a new version

of

> > >Celexa

> > > > >it

> > > > > > > > >follows

> > > > > > > > > > > > that alot of the

> > > > > > > > > > > > > sides are similar.

> > > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > > I had the most vivid dreams while taking

> Celexa. I

> > > > >really

> > > > > > >miss

> > > > > > > > > > > > that part. No bad

> > > > > > > > > > > > > ones. Although some people report very vivid

> > > > >nightmares. I

> > > > > > > > >know

> > > > > > > > > > > > that I was

> > > > > > > > > > > > > worried about having a bad dream as the

> dreams I

> > >was

> > > > > > >having

> > > > > > > > >were

> > > > > > > > > > > > so vivid it was

> > > > > > > > > > > > > like being there....and not dreaming.

> > > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > > Barbara

> > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > >

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There is something I once heard about. Most heart-attacks and babies

are born in the last quarter of our sleeping cycle. When hormones

start to get the body ready for wake up this can cause a surge of

adrelinine in the body. Adrelinine, for me anyway, causes extreme

anxiety and panic.

Has your pdoc ever considered your having a sleep study done? Since

OCD is neurbiological I am thinking that you may have a sleep

disorder. A neurologist usually performs this. There is one disorder

called night terrors.......... makes me go hummmmmmmmmmmm.

Just a thought............. since you will be seeing your OCD doc,

ask him........ see what he says.........

Dana Rose

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could be and I hate to burst y'alls

bubble

> <G>

> > > >but the

> > > > > > > > > >dreaming

> > > > > > > > > > > >is

> > > > > > > > > > > > > a side effect

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > of Celexa and as Lexapro is a new

version

> of

> > > >Celexa

> > > > > >it

> > > > > > > > > >follows

> > > > > > > > > > > > > that alot of the

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > sides are similar.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had the most vivid dreams while taking

> > Celexa. I

> > > > > >really

> > > > > > > >miss

> > > > > > > > > > > > > that part. No bad

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ones. Although some people report very

vivid

> > > > > >nightmares. I

> > > > > > > > > >know

> > > > > > > > > > > > > that I was

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > worried about having a bad dream as the

> > dreams I

> > > >was

> > > > > > > >having

> > > > > > > > > >were

> > > > > > > > > > > > > so vivid it was

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > like being there....and not dreaming.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Barbara

> > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

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