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Starting lexapro 10mg

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teena12813
teena12813

Very scared moving from 5 to 10mg lexapro, not wanting a lot of anxiety🙁

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  • tbird0904
    tbird0904 teena12813

    Posted

    I started at 5mg. I did 1 week at that dose then upped to 10mg. The 1st 2 days on the new dose I felt to anxious so I talked to my dr and did a 2nd week of 5mg. It really helped and when I did increase to 10mg it was much better. I just increased to 15 this week and this transition was much better! 
    • teena12813
      teena12813 tbird0904

      Posted

      Thanks for the info!  I’ve been on 5mg over a month so hopefully it will be somewhat a smooth transition.
  • andrew84761
    andrew84761 teena12813

    Posted

    I started on 2.5mg for 3 weeks. Then 5mg 3 weeks then 10mg 3 weeks. Then 15mg for 3 months now I’m at 17.5 mg and staying here. Anxiety at little better still a little dizziness but goes away with time. I started listening to Noah Elkrief utube videos and he really changed the way I look at life. Listen to what he has to say it’s pretty common sense. Good luck and God bless.

  • stephen64739
    stephen64739 teena12813

    Posted

    Your anxiety will increase do too your body/brain getting use to it but around 3-4 weeks it will subside with minor side effects then 6-8 weeks youll be feeling brand new! 
  • kelly58470
    kelly58470 teena12813

    Posted

    I was nervous too about going from 5 mg to 10, so I cut my pills, and first spent a week at a slightly higher dose (approximately 6 mg), and now I've been about a week on 7.5 mg. I've had very minimal side effects, and have started to feel a few positive benefits. I do plan on going up to 10 mg soon :-).

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  • Ama1405
    Ama1405 teena12813

    Posted

    Hi Teena, ill like to know how long you've been on 5mg and if its worked so far.

    Thanks.

    • teena12813
      teena12813 Ama1405

      Posted

      I’ve been on 5mg lexapro just over a month and started 10mg last night, I feel like I’ve seen some positive change but still had some anxiety hoping the up in mg. will help that.
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