My experience with Cipralex Day 8

[Iwillbwell]

I started taking the .5mg dosage from Wed - Sat and decided to try the 10mg on Sunday even though my doc suggest I stick with the .5mg for one week.
Here's what I noticed:

Wednesday - fell asleep a couple hours after taking the first one
Thursdays - light headed, cloudy and anxiety
Friday - same as Thursday plus fatigue
Sat - upped the dosage, felt like Thursday
Sun - woke up with tonnes of energy, went to the gym!
Monday - no cloudiness but tired
Tuesday - felt anxious for most of the morning then I was ok after lunch
Wednesday - Some anxiety but I had energy, went to the gym!

So it looks like things are going well so far. I have to say, I've noticed the biggest improvement in my mood but the anxiety still pops up from time to to. I will see what happens over the next few weeks.

 

[Andy]

That's good news Iwillbwell! I hope it continues to get better. :goodjob:

 

[Banned]

Hi IWBW,

When I was on Cipralex I too started at 5mg for about a week and then went to 10. I didn't have significant side effects - at first I was really tired but then I flipped to insomnia. The first thing I noticed was a decrease in anxiety, and didn't notice a change to my mood for a long, long time.

It is relatively easy on most people's systems so things should continue to improve for you.

Of course, if anything strange or really uncomfortable happens, see your doctor right away.