Wearing off?
I have been taking 10mg in the evening and I feel great all through
the next day until the afternoon. Today I noticed that as soon as I
took Lex (I took it at 4pm instead of 6) I picked right back up.
You guys think I should ask my Doc to bump me to 20? Does this
stuff just “wear off” after a while? Or maybe I should just take it
in the AM, but I don’t want to wake up symptomatic every day and I
have been sleeping better since I’ve been taking this stuff.
Alan
August 23rd, 2003 at 9:07 pm
When I started on Lexapro, I started on 10 mg in the morning. I
noticed that I felt great all day, then each morning when I woke up
felt kind of down, and definitely anxious. Once I took the Lex and
it kicked in I felt fine again. So, I have started taking 5 mg at
night, in addition to the 10 in the morning, and now I don’t have
that problem! I also noticed much less anxiety overall at the higher
dose - I rarely have to take any Xanax now - and when I do, one-half
of a .25 mg pill does the trick!
August 31st, 2003 at 6:31 pm
I have also noticed that it seems to wear off as the day wears on. I
take 10mg’s before bed at night, and I’m fine untill my next dose,
but I do notice that I need caffeine as well to sort of hold me over
untill i take my next dose. The only thing that I’ve noticed when it
starts to wear off is that i get sleepy, and once I take the pill,
i’m good again. It’s weird!
brandy