Re: Lex works better on an empty stomach!

September 12, 2003

Does it upset your stomache to take it without food??? My dr told

me that an upset stomache was the most common side effect and to

help prevent that I should take it with food.

> I have been on lex for over 3 months now. I have taken the

> medication with and without food and found out it works better

when

> you pop the pill early in the morning just from waking up. The

> medication gets into my system faster and last longer-so I don't

> experience the high point which is during the day and the low

point

> at night. If anyone out there believes the medication is not

working

> or wants to up the dose I recommend first try taking the

medication

> on an empty stomach. If anyone has and comments please post!

> !

September 12, 2003

Hi Jessie! How's it going so far? My doc told me it didn't matter when I

took it, but I take it in the morning on an empty stomach. So far, I

haven't noticed any side-effects other than feeling a bit sleepy the first

couple of days. Today, I haven't noticed it at all, and my fibromyalgia

symptoms actually seem to have subsided a little.

How are you feeling, Jessie?

Sharon

On 9/12/03 5:07 PM, " Jessie " <princess_of_the_unicorns@...> wrote:

> Does it upset your stomache to take it without food??? My dr told

> me that an upset stomache was the most common side effect and to

> help prevent that I should take it with food.

>

>> I have been on lex for over 3 months now. I have taken the

>> medication with and without food and found out it works better

> when

>> you pop the pill early in the morning just from waking up. The

>> medication gets into my system faster and last longer-so I don't

>> experience the high point which is during the day and the low

> point

>> at night. If anyone out there believes the medication is not

> working

>> or wants to up the dose I recommend first try taking the

> medication

>> on an empty stomach. If anyone has and comments please post!

>> !

>

September 12, 2003

Well, this is my second day. I think the medicine is making me

sleepy. I can't tell if that's from the medicine or just my normal

sleepiness??? I took it first thing in the morning today and then

went right back upstairs and went back to sleep. Yesterday I took

it in the afternoon and then ended up taking a 2-hour nap. So

tomorrow I'm going to try taking it in the evening. If I'm still

sleepy during the day then I'll know it's not from the medicine.

Hopefully the sleepy feeling will go away once I start getting some

sleep at night.

> >> I have been on lex for over 3 months now. I have taken the

> >> medication with and without food and found out it works better

> > when

> >> you pop the pill early in the morning just from waking up. The

> >> medication gets into my system faster and last longer-so I don't

> >> experience the high point which is during the day and the low

> > point

> >> at night. If anyone out there believes the medication is not

> > working

> >> or wants to up the dose I recommend first try taking the

> > medication

> >> on an empty stomach. If anyone has and comments please post!

> >> !

> >

September 13, 2003

,

I agree!! I have tried taking at night with food etc. But what works best

for me is a cup of coffee and a Lex first thing in the monring. I remember

when taking Celexa and before that Wellbutrin and before that Zoloft I had

to take these meds with food regardless of when I took them or I would be

sick for the rest of the day. Since switching to lex and experimenting on

when to take it; nights it keeps me awake(bad sleeper always have been 5

hours max).Mornings, like before 8am I started taking it on an empty stomach

with only a cup of coffee and the benefits of the Lex would last all day.

As you mentioned no highs or lows for me. By the time the med stop

working( which was usually at about 8pm for me. I could feel myself coming

down from the high)it was only a few hours before my bedtime, which I could

tolorate. Then before bed I would take my other meds, trazadone 100mg,

Klonopin or Seroquel(think I spelled it rightTaking one or the other depends

on my level of anxiety that day.),and my meds for my kidneys(Avapro)before

bedtime. If I deviate off the beaten path with the Lex schedule, there have

been times when I have skipped til the next day to take again.

I suffer from PTSD,Depression,Social Anxiety.

This is my regimine.....

Jacquie

Lex works better on an empty stomach!

I have been on lex for over 3 months now. I have taken the

medication with and without food and found out it works better when

you pop the pill early in the morning just from waking up. The

medication gets into my system faster and last longer-so I don't

experience the high point which is during the day and the low point

at night. If anyone out there believes the medication is not working

or wants to up the dose I recommend first try taking the medication

on an empty stomach. If anyone has and comments please post!

!

September 13, 2003

Jacquie, I totally agree. I have tried many antidepressants, and so

far lex works the best. I only hope that the company will come out

with an extended release tablet. I think they will try to market the

new drug and years down the road they might start with the extended

release tabs. Paxil and other drugs (prozac) who have had there run

for several years are coming out with their extended release tabs.

Lets just hope lex (forest labratories) will come out with one too.

Also on another note Jacquie, Xanax is coming out with an extend

release form called Xanax XR. its available in other countries and

it will begin to be marketede here in the US soon. So for us anxiety

sufferers there is new hope!

September 13, 2003

,

That would be nice to have a Lexapro xr. I have never tried Xanax. So far

Klonopin has helped with mild anxiety. Once taken, it will last up to 12

hrs, and is fast acting. Seroquel is good for me to stop a panic attack when

I feel one coming on, which is usually when I am in a social situation with

alot of people. Why is the U.S. always the last to get these " wonder drugs "

before the U.S. I wish there was an all inclusive drug, but alas, that is

only in my dreams...