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Ngabe i-Lexapro ikwenza ukhuluphale? Futhi uma kunjalo, kungani abantu bekhuluphala nge-Lexapro?
Kwesinye isikhathi; ukukhuluphala okuncane kungase kwenzeke, ikakhulukazi uma kusetshenziswa isikhathi eside.
Kungani kwenzeka: Ukwanda kokufisa ukudla, ukwehliswa kwezinga lokushisa lomzimba, ukuthuthuka kwemizwa/ukufisa ukudla, nokuncipha kokucindezeleka okuhlobene nokucindezeleka okunciphisa ukufisa ukudla.
Asihambe ngqo kuso. Impendulo emfishane nguku, yebo, i-Lexapro ingadala ukukhuluphala komzimba kwabanye abantu. Kubhalwe njengomphumela ohambisana nawo, futhi ingenye yezinto ezivame kakhulu abazikhathazayo iziguli lapho ziqala i-Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, noma i-SSRI.
Kodwa-ke, “ingakwazi” akusho “iyokwenza”. Impilo iyinto ehlangene.
Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukukhuluphala komzimba kungenzeka kakhulu ngokusebenzisa isikhathi eside, okuvame ukuchazwa njengokwelashwa okuhlala izinyanga eziyisithupha noma ngaphezulu. Ukubuyekezwa okuphelele kwezifundo kuthola ukuthi ngenkathi ukusetshenziswa kwe-SSRI isikhathi esifushane (ngaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha) kunomthelela omncane, ukusebenzisa isikhathi eside kungaholela ushintsho olubonakalayo. Ezinye izifundo zikhombisa ukuthi kufika ku-41% wabantu abathatha ama-SSRI isikhathi eside bangase babone ukukhuluphala okuthile umthombo.
Ngakho-ke, ungakhuluphala kangakanani nge-Lexapro? Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi kubantu abaningi, ukukhuluphala kuyinto encane. Isifundo esikhulu esashicilelwe kuJAMA Psychiatry sithola ukuthi, ngokomkhethi, abantu abathatha i-escitalopram bakhuluphala cishe ngama-2.4 kuye ku-4 pounds esikhathini sezinyanga eziyisi-8-9 uma kuqhathaniswa nalabo abangasemithi umthombo. Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuyisilinganiso; imiphumela yomuntu ngamunye ingahluka kakhulu. Abanye abantu bakhuluphala kakhulu, kanti abanye abaningi abakhuluphali nhlobo.
Ukuqonda ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani kuyisinyathelo sokuqala sokuphatha. Ngakho-ke, kungani i-Lexapro ibanga ukukhuluphala komzimba? Lo mkhuba akuyona nje ukuzimisela; ugxile kumakhemistri omzimba wakho nomzimba wakho. Kunezici ezimbili eziyinhloko ezibandakanyekayo.
I-Lexapro iyi-SSRI. Umsebenzi wayo ukwandisa amazinga e-serotonin—i-neurotransmitter evame ukubizwa nge-chemical “enhle”—ebucholweni bakho. Lokhu kusiza ukulawula imizwa, yingakho iphumelela kangaka ekudangaliseni nasekwesabeni.
Nokho, umthelela we-serotonin awugcini nje emizweni. Kungumlawuli omkhulu futhi obamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekufiseni ukudla nasekushiseni komzimba. Nansi indlela ubudlelwano phakathi kwe lexapro nokushisa komzimba kungaholela ushintsho esisindo:
Isizathu sesibili empeleni yinto enhle. Kokubili ukudangala nokwesaba kungathinta kakhulu ukufisa kwakho ukudla. Abanye abantu balahlekelwa yisifiso sabo sokudla ngokuphelele, bangatholi injabulo ekudleni futhi banqikaze ukudla ngokwanele. Abanye bangase bathole isisu esibuhlungu noma isicanucanu esihlobene nokwesaba, okuholela ekulahlekelweni isisindo.
Njengoba i-Lexapro iqala ukusebenza futhi imizwa yakho ithuthuka, leso sifiso sokudla esivame ukucindezelwa sibuya. Qala ukujabulela ukudla futhi. Unamandla amaningi. Lokhu kubuyela ekufiseni okujwayelekile kungaholela ekukhuluphaleni njengoba umzimba wakho ululama emiphumeleni yomzimba yesimo sempilo yengqondo. Kulo mbhalo, ukukhuluphala komzimba akuyona umphumela ohambisana nawo ngqo we-chemistry yomuthi kodwa kunalokho kunguphawu olungaqondile lokuthi uyalulama. Lolu hlobo lwe-lexapro weight gain kuvame ukuba umzimba wakho ubuyele esisindweni sawo esijwayelekile nesinempilo.
Akubona bonke abathatha i-Lexapro abazokhuluphala. Izici eziningana zingathinta ingozi yakho yomuntu yokuba nokuba nokuhlangenwe nakho escitalopram weight gain. Abacwaningi bathole izibikezeli ezimbalwa ezibalulekile:
Kungase kuzwakale kungafani, kodwa kwabanye abantu, i-Lexapro ingadala ukulahlekelwa kwesisindo, okungenani ekuqaleni. Emavikeleni okuqala ukwelashwa, imiphumela ehambisana njengesicanucanu, ukwehla kokufisa ukudla, nesisu esibuhlungu kuyinto ejwayelekile njengoba umzimba wakho ulungisa umuthi umthombo. Lokhu kungaholela ekudabeni okwesikhashana esisindo.
Nokho, lo mphumela uvame ukuba ngowesikhashana. Lapho imiphumela ehambisana nayo yokuqala ihamba, ukufisa ngokuvamile kubuya kujwayeleke noma kungase kukhule, yikho lapho amathuba okukhuluphala komzimba aba ngokoqobo khona.
Uma ukhathazekile nge-escitalopram weight gain, kuyasiza ukwazi ukuthi iphuma kanjani uma iqhathaniswa neminye imithi. Inkinga ye-ssri antidepressants and weight gain iyagcinwa kahle, kodwa akuzona zonke izidakamizwa eziyenzeka ngendlela efanayo.
Ezinye imithi yokwelapha ukudangala zinomthuba omkhulu wokubanga ukukhuluphala komzimba, kanti ezinye zithathwa njenge “weight-neutral” noma zingase ziholele ekulahlekelweni isisindo. Nansi ingqikithi yokuqhathanisa:
| Amathuba Okukhuluphala Komzimba | Imithi Yokwelapha Ukudangala Ejwayelekile |
|---|---|
| Ingozi Ephakeme | Paxil (paroxetine), Remeron (mirtazapine), Amitriptyline |
| Ingozi Ephakathi | Lexapro (escitalopram), Zoloft (sertraline) |
| Ingozi Ephansi/Engajwayelekile | Prozac (fluoxetine), Celexa (citalopram) |
| Vame Ibange Ukulahlekelwa Kwesisindo | Wellbutrin (bupropion) |
Leli thebula liyisiqondiso esijwayelekile. Kubalulekile ukuxoxa ngezinketho zonke zemithi yokwelapha ukudangala engadali ukukhuluphala komzimba nodokotela wakho, njengoba ukukhetha okungcono kakhulu kuwe kuncike ezimpawini zakho ezithile, umlando wezempilo, kanye ne-chemistry yomzimba yomuntu.
Ukuzwa ukuthi ukukhuluphala komzimba kungenzeka kungaba yinto yokudimaza, kodwa nansi ingxenye enikela amandla: awunamandla. Ukucabanga ngokuthi ungagwema kanjani ukukhuluphala nge-Lexapro kuyinto yangaphambili. Ngokulungiswa okumbalwa okuhlosile kwendlela yokuphila, ungaphatha isisindo sakho kahle ngenkathi usathola izinzuzo zempilo yengqondo ozidingayo.
Ukwenza le mibono kukunikeza impendulo ecacile mayelana nokuthi ungagwema kanjani ukukhuluphala nge-Lexapro futhi uzizwe ungcono kakhulu ngayo yonke indlela.
Ukuxhumana okuvulekile nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo kuyithuluzi elibaluleke kakhulu esikhwameni sakho. Uma ukhathazekile ngokukhuluphala komzimba noma omunye umphumela ohambisana nawo, ungazenzisi ukukwethula.
Ngokuqondene nezinto ezibalulekile, ungakaze uyeke ukuphuza i-Lexapro ngokungazelelwe. Ukuyeka i-SSRI ngokungazelelwe kungaholela ekuphazamisekeni okungemnandi (ngezinye izikhathi okubizwa ngokuthi i-discontinuation syndrome) nokuphindeka kokudangala kwakho noma ukwesaba umthombo.
Udokotela wakho ungumngane wakho kule nqubo. Bangakusiza:
Ngakho-ke, ukuze sibuyele embuzweni wethu wokuqala: ngabe i-Lexapro ibanga ukukhuluphala komzimba? Yebo, kuyamangalisa kwabanye, ikakhulukazi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Kodwa kuyinto enhle kakhulu, futhi inani livame ukuba ngalokho okuncane.
Inhloso ebaluleke kakhulu yokwelashwa kwakho ukuzwa ungcono ngokwengqondo. Impumuzo ekwesabeni okubambisayo noma ekudangalisweni okungapheli kuyashintsha impilo. Ngokuqonda ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-lexapro nokushisa komzimba, ukuqaphela umthelela we-lexapro nokufisa okwandayo, nokwamukela indlela yangaphambili ngokudla, ukuzivocavoca, nokuqonda, ungakwazi ukufeza ibhalansi enempilo.
Impilo yakho yengqondo ibaluleke kakhulu. Ngamaqhinga afanele kanye nobudlelwano obuqinile nodokotela wakho, ungahamba endleleni yokuzwa ungcono emqondweni nasemzimbeni.
Uma unezinkathazo mayelana nokukhuluphala komzimba noma omunye umphumela ohambisana nawo kusuka ku-Lexapro, hlela ingxoxo nodokotela wakho ukuze uxoxe ngohlelo olusebenza kuwe.
Q: Ngabe ukukhuluphala komzimba okuvela ku-Lexapro kuyaphela? A: Kuncike. Uma ukukhuluphala komzimba kuvela ekufiseni okwandisiwe, kungase kungapheli ngokwako ngaphandle kokushintsha indlela yokuphila. Nokho, ngokwenza izindlela zokudla nokuzivocavoca, kuvame ukwenzeka ukulahlekelwa isisindo esikhulupeki ngenkathi usathatha umuthi. Uma ukukhuluphala komzimba kubalulekile futhi kungaphenduli ezinguqukweni zendlela yokuphila, udokotela wakho angaxoxa ngezinye izinketho.
Q: Ngizolahlekelwa isisindo uma ngiyeka ukuphuza i-Lexapro? A: Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi bayakwenza. Uma ukukhuluphala komzimba kwakuyimiphumela eqondile yomthelela womuthi ekushiseni komzimba noma ekufiseni ukudla, umzimba wakho ungabuyela esigabeni sawo sangaphambili ngemuva kokuthi uyeke ngokuphepha umuthi ngaphansi kokwelulekwa kwezempilo. Lona umbuzo obalulekile ukuwubuza lapho uzibuza “ngizolahlekelwa isisindo uma ngiyeka ukuphuza i-Lexapro”, kodwa kufanele uhlale uxoxwa nodokotela kuqala. Ukuphendula “ngizolahlekelwa isisindo uma ngiyeka ukuphuza i-lexapro” ngokuqinisekile kunzima njengoba umzimba wawo wonke uhlukile.
Q: Ubani ongozini enkulu yokukhuluphala komzimba nge-Lexapro? A: Njengoba kuxoxwe ngenhla, izici ezithile zingandisa ingozi yakho. Izici ezibalulekile zengozi ye-lexapro weight gain zifaka indlela yokuphila engazinzisi umzimba, ukudla okugcwele ukudla okucutshunguliwe, umlando wokubhema, nokuba nesisindo esincane ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa. Ukwazi lezi kusiza ukuphendula umbuzo wokuthi “kungani abantu bekhuluphala nge-Lexapro” ngendlela yomuntu ngamunye.
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