So far no improvement. Is my dose too low?
Hi everyone,
I started taking 2.5 mg of Lexapro three weeks ago. I upped to 3.5
after my visit with my psychiatrist last Wednesday and he told me I
could go up to 5 mg when I felt ready. Well I’m not sure if I feel
ready… but I went up to 5 mg this morning.
My psychiatrist believes strongly in starting people out on a very
small dose of a medication so that they don’t freak out from the side
effects and quit before it has a chance to take effect.
My problem is that I’ve seen no good effects from this medication so
far and am getting discouraged so maybe his method could sometimes
backfire the other way? It is really hard to go through three weeks
of feeling lousy and not seeing any improvement along with the really
bad fear I have of taking medications of any kind.
I know many people have success on 5 mg and my psychiatrist thought
this would be the best final dose for me so I want to give the 5 mg a
chance to work. I’m just really discouraged right now.
Any support anyone could give would be greatly appreciated. Also,
I’m in the middle of tapering off Klonopin (it caused this depression
in me) and I don’t think that is helping.
Sorry to be a downer.
Patience (Jackie)