How long does it take thoughts of death to go away with antidepressants?

[Becky H]

I am taking Lexapro. Only been on it for 2 weeks today. 10 mg. I am so tired of the anxieties, the impatience, the obsessiveness(maybe it is just my impatience and not obsessiveness) and the fears, and I have no intention, no real intention of killing myself. Never ever ever thought about it, but it was like the fourth day after being given HRT(hormone replace therapy), I started thinking about it and it comes and goes and I can be in a good place I think ias going through menapoause, depression and this made it worse. I am so ready to get better. Sometimes I go somewehre, am afraid I am just going to burst out and say or do something wrong and I have to hurry out. Is that just me or could I Really be OCD? I had just lost my dog, my beloved dog. COuld it be grief? I am going to therapy tomorrow. I am afraid to tell all, but I know I Need to. I don't want to go back to a psychiatric hospital. I need to get back into work and the living. I know you can't tell me anything.
Thanks, guys. I know a lot of people go through this and they come out and I know I will. I give all to God... *I am human, I worry.
They know the thoughts and all and the feelings and they think that these wil lgo way with meds and time.

[Bindiqueen06]

Talk to your therapist about it. I was on an anti-depressant it's not a good thing to be on for long. Depends on each situation, but it didn't work for me. Please talk to your doctor and therapist. Tell them all your issues, they are professionals and they can probably help you the most. Also, if you have a trusted friend then perhaps to talk to him/her too. Having support is the best thing...it will help the most I would say. Please talk to your doctor and therapist.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK

1-800-784-2433 ( 1-800-SUICIDE) - this is another hotline
Take Care & get better soon!!

All the best
Karishma

[petrof_skinsky]

I'm sorry you are going through such a hard time.

You definitely do need to tell your therapist all of this when you see her/him tomorrow. In fact, it might be a good idea to print out what you've written and have them read it. Otherwise, it might be easy to get side-tracked and you'll end up not telling them what you meant to.

They can help you, but it might take some time.

Hope you feel better soon!

[bug0727]

I was on lexapro. it didnt help me and its not gonna take away your thoughts, but eventaully what the medicine will hopefully do is make things easier to deal with. I know i have days where everything seems sooo awful but then other days, i can have the exact same things happen to me and they dont seem as bad. u just need to give it time. most anxiety/depression med's take on average 4-6 weeks before you can see a noticable difference in how u feel and think.