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Lexapro dehydrationSerious and preventableLearn how to prevent Lexapro dehydration and even how to improve illnesses that Flomax is prescribed for. It's generic name is "Escitalopram oxalate" and it works by increasing serotonin. Serotonin levels are affected greatly by two key substances in our bodies: water and sodium. The side effects of taking Lexapro includes dehydration that is experienced as diarrhea, dry mouth, nausea and sweating. You should know 2 things about this issue: 1)You must hydrate to reduce dehydration from taking Lexapro and 2)Being properly hydrated could help relieve depression and anxiety that led to being prescribed psychotropics.
Recall, that water or the lack of it, effects many different systems from the heart to the brain to blood pressure and so on. Not only are the effects and causes of dehydration so numerous, the symptoms or conditions that follow can be very severe and life-threatening. Dehydration and thirst can bring on feelings of fatigue, dejection anxiety and then worst of all, depression. Of course other factors and experiences can bring on those feelings but dehydration may bring them on (or worsen them) when there is no specific reason to feel badly. Dehydration can bring on these feelings because it effects the brain and so the brain does not function properly, from thinking to mood regulation. Anxiety becomes an adaptive cue to tell us that something is wrong. It is the the brain's way of showing concern over the lack of water. Dehydration also uses up the amino acids responsible for keeping the brain happy and working. This could lead to anxiety and depressed mood. As you become more dehydrated, anxiety may turn into depression which is a worsening of the emotional state. The body starts to use up antioxidants to rid the body of toxins not eliminated by urinating. In particular, tryptophan and tyrosine are used up to make up for the lack of water. Tryptophan and tyrosine are well known mood stabilizers. Without enough of them, we start to feel anxious and depressed. ATP is a substance that has an important role in energy production. Dehydration leads to a reduction of these two vital substances. Finally many anxious and depressed persons turn to sugar and caffeine and alcohol to help with fatigue and depression. However, all three especially caffeine and alcohol dehydrate the body even more creating a painful cycle. What to do? Obviously, you need to drink water. Just being hydrated reduces many problems dehydration causes. So many drugs and medications are associated with dehydration but you don't have to endure all of the problems that come from dehydration.
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