I Get By With A Little Help From My Supporters
Today is Day 4 of my full dose of Lexapro. It didn't start as well as I would have liked. At midnight, after a trip to the bathroom, I had trouble falling asleep again. One of the main side effects I'm experiencing is tense muscles, and that tenseness hampered my ability to settle back down into sleep. For reasons I've never fully understood, many of my anxiety attacks occur in the middle of the night, when I'm trying to go back to sleep. And that's what happened when I couldn't get my body to relax last night. I felt it first creep up in the back of my neck, then my chest had that cold explosion that spread to my limbs. I got up and took more Lorazepam to stop it. While I was waiting for the Lorazepam to take effect and allow me to feel drowsy again, I picked up my phone and opened my Google browser. I searched Lexapro side effects again and began looking at the list of questions other users have posed. I don't remember precisely which question I clicke...
