Posted by herpills on March 18, 2010, at 16:38:31
In reply to Lexapro Dose increase - mental fatigue, posted by vic80 on March 18, 2010, at 10:32:19
A high dose of lexapro like 20mg will definately give you some mental fatigue as well as physical fatigue. Could you add something to the 10mg dose to avoid side affects? Are you taking lex for depression, anxiety, or both? You could add Wellbutrin for depression but some people have worse anxiety, you could also try adding a lower dose of Lithium or Lamictal for added help with depression. Really nothing wrong with using multiple meds at lower doses to avoid side effects...
herpills
p.s. bad taste in mouth is probably from the Lunesta...
> in the 8th week my lex was upped to 15 mg from the initial 10mg.
> in the 10th week (2 days ago) it was upped to 20mg from 15mg.
>
> Yesterday I felt restless and crazy whole day... in the night I took Lunesta 1mg and got up after 7 hours of sleep... with a horrible taste in the mouth....
> the whole day I was feeling inner-restlessness and dysphoria... and suddenly in the evening I was mentally-tired to the point of not being able to read without much effort...
>
> could an increase in dose of Lex cause this mental fatigue???? should I blame lunesta?
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