Not sure what to do!

Mental health
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Hey all,

I've been on 10mg of escitalpram for 18 days now. I was a little anxious to start with but was happy aswell. I've had a few moody days here and there but today I started having a bit of a panic attack while driving to pick my son up from school. This is the second time in 3 weeks that it's happened. This time wasn't as bad as I had my mum with me but I am unsure if I should up my dosage or sit on the 10mg for a couple more weeks until I see my doctor again. My anxiety has settled down it's only when I have to drop off and pick my son up from school because it's far away that it happens. I just want to be a normal mum who can drive their kids to school without having a panic attack

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General advice says 4-6 weeks to realize the benefit.  If your panic attack frequency and/or intensity is going down, thats a good sign.

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Thanks for the reply,

Yes that's what I keep telling myself! Will just stick it out for a few more weeks before I decide where to go from here.

Thanks