Lexapro 20mg - NEED HELP

[Natron247]

I posted earlier on this subject.  My anxiety since upping from Lexapro 15mg to 20mg has gone through the roof the last couple of days and I am scared.  I have given the medicine a week to kick in but it seems to be getting steadily worse.  The only other med I have ever been on is Paxil and my highest dose was 25mg.  I went away from it because I started getting anxiety and I thought it had lost its effectiveness.  Where do I go from here?  Back down on Lexapro 10 since some people say they have done that?  Off of Lexapro and back on Paxil at a higher dose?  I'm just scared nothing will work...

[Paxiled]

I got similar problems when upping Lexapro when I was on it, and got problems going down, as well.  Seems to have a big bit even with small changes in dose.  It's only been a couple of days, so it might pass.  If it doesn't, it just might not be your med, assuming you don't have some new issue -- but I would argue that, even if you did, if the Lexapro isn't dealing with it, it isn't working very well.  That's what drugs are supposed to do, after all -- artificially tamp down our symptoms, given they don't cure us.  Just because you're on a med doesn't mean you give up working on the issues -- I made that mistake, and it availed me not.

[cj29]

Have you had any other factors that could be causing your anxiety to spike?  Are there additional stressors besides the medication dosage. My anxiety would peak whenever I would adjust the dosages of SSRIs up or down for a couple of weeks.  Are you in counseling?   Why not express your concerns with the person that manages your medications?  I know it can be very confusing when we suffer from anxiety especially when dealing with medications.