hi everyone I am new to this and I am hoping someone will read my post and help me!! I had an extreme panic attack a few weeks ago, and was finally able to see a Dr who told me based off of my history i have had a panic disorder and anxiety that was untreated for 6 months and thats probably why my last panic attack was extreme. I can’t drive leave my house it’s awful!! doctor started me on Lexapro 2.5 mg and he said after a week to increase to 5 mg today is day six and I feel my anxiety worse than what it was before aside from having headaches and feeling nauseous I didn’t experience anything until today my heads going at 100 and I’ve been wanting to just sleep all day. Is this something common should I increase to 5 mg or hold off and stay at 2.5 mg?
Hi,my doctor would like me to try Lexapro,all antidepressants are supposed to take a few weeks to start working,in the beginning a person might have some side affects from what I read,should go away,I would try going to five, I think that is still considered a low dose. You can Google patient reviews on any med,from what I have read Lexapro has a quite good rating for anxiety and panic disorders. I hope it helps you. Good luck.
thank you so much! I hope everything works out for you too. I hate not feeling myself. 