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Lasting horrible effects of Lexapro HELP!!!!!!!!

On March 14th, 2017 I took ONE 5 mg pill of Lexapro.

I am a 24 yr old female.

I was prescribed the Lexapro for panic attacks I was having after emotional trauma from having a hemiplegic migraine. Had I known what this one pill would have done to me, I would have taken my panic attacks magnified 10x over this feeling.

Its been 2 months, and I still feel like my life has been completely ruined by just one small dose of lexapro. I've almost committed myself to a mental hospital 3 times.

The first day I took the lexapro I felt "off" for like 2 hours after. I felt jittery and clumsy I kept dropping things. I went to bed that night and woke up in a complete and utter full blown hysteria panic attack. I felt like I was in a straight jacket of doom. I felt like I had just watched someone kill my family in front of me. I was crying hysterically unsure of what was going on. I tried to go in the bathroom and look at my self in the mirror to calm myself down, and then blood started dripping out of my nose.

For the next three days after this, I couldn't eat anything. I was in a full blown panic attack for 72 hours. I went to the hospital, back to the psychiatrist who prescribed the lexapro to me, and even to an infectious disease doctor. Everyone told me I was just having a panic attack.

Flash forward to two months later, and I am still experiencing paranoia, severe depression, suicidal thoughts, derealization, depersonalization (all of which I didn't have before taking the lexapro). Floaters in my eyes. Extreme dizziness upon standing. Blurred vision in my right eye. Brain buzzing.

I've had 120 viles of blood taken from me, I've seen two infectious disease doctors, I've had an MRI and an MRA - and apparently I have a clean bill of health.

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. I want my life back!!! I'm not sure if I had an allergic reaction or the lexapro just severely altered my brain chemistry?

i've been going to therapy, I've seen acupuncturists and naturopaths. I've seen neurologists, opthamologists, you name it i've spent my money on it.

If anyone has any insight please let me know! I'm terrified to take anything else because of what happened but I am to the point where I am scared of my own reflection because everything seems so foreign to me. I don't know myself anymore. My memories seem like they aren't my memories. Everyone around me seems strange to me.

If anyone has any information on this please help me I am begging you.

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