Hi there, I started on 5mg of Lexapro 10 days ago and I’m feeling a bit hopeless so far. I felt what I think is a placebo effect for the first three days. Taking it at night before bed, I felt fine in the mornings and VERY calm all day, maybe a bit wired in the early evening but otherwise fine and amazed that it seemed to be working so quickly.
Three days in, I suddenly went back to my old self, feeling anxious, angry, depressed and hopeless about the future (I have been diagnosed with post-partum depression and was also depressed during my pregnancy). Additionally, I now feel too tired and unmotivated to get up in the mornings, never a problem even during my worst bouts of PPD. My doc initially wanted me to up my dose to 10 mg after two weeks. Any advice on how to ride this out? I’d like to stay on 5 mg if possible, wondering if things will start to get better soon. Perhaps I should play around with taking the dose in the AM, or splitting the dose? Thanks for reading.