how long for the increased anxiety when you increase the dosage?

maria k · Post by **maria k** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:50 am

Can anyone tell me how long it takes for the side effects to calm down after you increase the dosage. I just went up another 2.5 mg (am doing it very slowly, as you can see) and the anxiety is worse this morning. Any insight would be helpful. At least it can give me something to look forward to. I hate these feelings and fight them, but they do get better as the day goes on. Thanks alot and may we all have a peaceful day with God's help. Maria

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:48 pm

What are you taking?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:15 am

I am taking Lexapro and know it takes a good month to start workiing, but since I am only at 5 mg right now (and not 10) it may take any longer. Anyone with good results after a few weeks at 5?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:33 am

Maria,
I am on Lexapro also. Been on it for 4yrs. I have been @ 5mg that long and recently (2mos ago) I had anxiety that then led to depression. I am still dealing with that and my doctor suggested that I increase the dosage to at least 10mg...but she suggested going up little by little. For instance, 5.5 mg for a week, to 6 mg for aweek, then 7mg for a week, etc. I have noticed when I increase the dosage I feel more anxious the next morning also...so I chickened out and went back to 5mg, but I am still dealing with the anxiety and depression so I NEED to stick with it I guess and not give up, so I am trying now again to increase the dosage, but I will say that I have noticed the increased anxiety when I have tried to go up to higher dosage. I am just trying to not let this frustration get me down! I know that I need something to help me to level out and get to feeling better, but then it seems that the medicine makes me not feel so well when I try to increase it!! It may just be only temporary though. I can remember when I first got on Lexapro, and I think that I felt anxious when I first started it and then I leveled out and felt so so much better!
I guess we just need to tough it out and after about 3 weeks maybe the anxiety will lessen and we will feel better.
Hope that you feel better soon, and hopefully you will post how things ended up turning out with it. i will do the same!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:35 am

Maria,
I think I totally misread your post! You were asking how long it took for 5mg to work! DUH!
It actually took about 2-3 weeks for me to see a difference and after about a month I felt WONDERFUL! I felt just like myself again and it was wonderful! You should be feeling better soon!