Posted by Wildman on January 26, 2004, at 12:39:28
In reply to lexapro advice, posted by Alain on January 26, 2004, at 12:23:55
> I was taking 5 mgs. of lexapro for 2 weeks. I upped it to 10 mgs. 3 days ago. I was feeling better, but today I am having trouble concentrating and thoughts are creeping back into my head, plus I feel depressed. Is this because the meds having taking full effect yet?
You did a good job of slowly ramping up to the 10mg/day - you got good advice there.
I would say that you probably are having a reaction to the increased amount of Lex in your system. The first few days after I went to 10mg, I had anxiety, heart palpitations and was very uncomfortable during the afternoon (I take my Lex first thing in the morning).
So, you are not alone in this - your symptoms seem to be pretty common. Hang in there a while longer it does get better (I'm in week 7).
Make sure you get plenty of rest, and avoid too much coffee as that seems to make it worse (I was a coffee pig before Lex, I cut down to 2 cups per day in the morning only). I don't know if you drink alcohol or not, but cutting down on that helped me as well (I like to have a beer or two while cooking dinner, now I'll just have some on the weekend - I'm not turning into a complete teetotaller :)).
So, I have had to make small lifestyle changes, but it's been worth it for me to this point.
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