Feeling numb on lexapro. 5mg for 1 week. Will this go away?

So i just started taking Lexapro this week. My doctor prescribed 10 mg bit ive been splitting it in half to start because i had a really hard tome with Zoloft several months ago. Since having covid ive had really bad anxiety. I've always had GAD, but it has been considerably worse since covid.

I tried zoloft and came off due to side effects. Its a long story but i started in way too high a dose and ot messed me up royally.

Anyway i stopped that and swore off meds. I started regular exercise, yoga, eating well and therapy to try to cope without meds. It took a good while but the anxiety lessened. But it didnt go away entirely.

Stress of life and work coupled with insomnia brought the anxiety (and i think mild depression) back. I was having trouble functioning at work, living in brain fog, experiencing shortness of breath and worrying about literally everything and also having panic attacks again. I felt on the verge of a mental breakdown. Also over the past several months Ive developed this weird and embarrassing thing where my eyes tear up when talking to people. i cant seem to control it and its bothersome.

Thus the lexapro. Ive been on it for 1 week. Side effects so far have been manageable. I'm feeling calm but maybe too calm. I'm not happy or sad just kinda blah. I still get anxious about things im worried about but all in all i feel chill. Just emotionally blunted.

I'm a little concerned that when i increase my dose to 10 mg that the blunted feeling will get worse. Has anyone dealt with this at the start of Lexapro and did it subside with time?

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