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horrible insane panic feelings after taking 1 10mg lexapro

I took 1 10mg lexapro this past Tuesday at 8am.  By later that day I was having the worst anxiety that I have ever had in my life.  Wednesday morning was no better felt like I was having a total break down.  I of course did not take another pill since Tuesday, but the anxiety and panic attacks are still there wont go away.  It is interfering with my normal everyday life.  It is hard for me to bring my daughter to school with out freaking out I was never like this before and I am very scared that I wont be able to feel normal again.  Please help I just want to be the mother and wife I was before this one pill destroyed me.
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I had to start at a low dose and work my way up. It took about a week after starting lexapro to feel aa little normal again
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Hi there....medication does have side effects and I have experienced the jitters for about 4 weeks while building up a new medication in my system.  Did you speak to your provider about this reaction to Lexapro?  
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yes they marked it as allergy and prescribed me paxil but i have yet to take it due to the fear of feeling anything like i am.  I've never had this bad of anxiety before it used to be just in large group setting and now it seem like I can not deal with my regular day to day tasks.
My advice is, relax, this will pass as to the Lexapro effect.  As to the rest, if your problem is that minor, why aren't you in therapy with a psychologist who specializes in anxiety treatment instead of playing around with these drugs?  And before you take Paxil, try the other ssris if you insist on medication -- it's one of the most difficult to stop taking and is usually a last resort med, not a first resort one.  But again, if your problem wasn't that serious, as you describe it, I'm surprised whoever prescribed the medication didn't send you to therapy first instead.
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