Moved to 20mg feel worse
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Hi i have been on 10 mg for years and anxiety and crying and worry has came back started to increase to 15 for a couple days but i didnt feel it was working then tried 20 and im super tired, aggitated axious and crying again! i hate this i just want to feel normal again and im having to take xanex in between and seems like i cant drink coffee either cause its making me anxious also!! help what should i do? i have tried another med bfore but it was very bad and im sensative to medications
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Potatoghost jfreckles7
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a few days on a dose is nowhere near long enough to see how you feel. it may have worked a lot quicker when you first started but I know from experience increases take much much longer. you need to give each dose you try 8 weeks atleast. you may feel better sooner. maybe longer but a few days isn't enough.
personally I would try 15mg first for a while as I find if I go too high I feel horrific depression wise.
is it possible it's just a blip and will pass in time? it's normal to have setbacks and blips years into your medication. but 9/10 times with enough time it will pass.
jfreckles7 Potatoghost
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ok i will try just 15mg for a couple weeks thank you
Hope3578 jfreckles7
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Yes as potatoghost says. It's very likely that an increase will cause such side effects like increased anxiety and distress, even on just the small increase of 5mg. It takes some time to get into your system and then you will start to expect to feel the side effects again for a few weeks. It's like starting all over again on this medication unfortunately so you have to just see it through. Just take each day at a time and try your best to stay positive because it will settle and you will start to feel better again in time.