It has been a week since I began Lexapro. I started very light with like a quarter of the pill then shot up to 5mg around Sunday.
I have been experiencing debilitating anxiety. I feel like pure hell. I haven't experienced anxiety like this since my nervous breakdown 3 years ago. Around Jan of this year I would say my anxiety was very mild. Only got worse when I had a horrible reaction to an SNRI that I was going to take for depression and IBS. After that I asked for Lexapro but put off taking it for a few months.
Now the anxiety symptoms I am experiencing right now - Reacting to thoughts phyiscally (chest tightening), feeling absolutely hopeless, obsessive thoughts, I just cannot function with this constant deep worry. I sit on my computer all day now looking for reassurance. The medication also gave me diarrhea (I had never used a public restroom until now), insomnia (I take Doxylamine now), I've also lost 5 kilos which is anxiety weight loss at its finest. No appetite whatsoever, I don't snack on anything and barely finish 1 meal and no desire sexually which tilts me.
Guys, what do I do? I really want to go back to the state I was in 7 months ago, hell even a week ago I was feeling less anxious and more myself. Am I in the safe-zone for stopping this medication because I am only a week in? Will withdrawals still come is what I am saying. My doctors appointment is in 3 days, still so long. People have recommended a benzodiazepine to tackle the startup anxiety but I have never tried one and I am very concerned about addiction/withdrawals. I don't even know if my doc would prescribe one with the reputation they have.