My lexapro diary

[pulisa]

You know that I have always thought that less is more for me and therapeutic dosage is down to the individual's response as opposed to what the doctors say it should be.

Hope you feel more settled on the lower dose. At least you tried the 20mg.

[jonjon]

Yep I am glad I tried the higher dose but now I just want to get it out of my system lol.

Have been at 10mg for a few days now and hope to go down to 5mg soon.

It’s going to be a rough ride but I keep reminding myself that I had to give it a try.

The higher dose was a strange mixer of agitation and fatigue. Yuck!

I remember when Pristiq worked for me many years ago things got better and better the longer I stayed on it and had full remission after 6-8 weeks.

[pulisa]

Is Pristiq not an option for you now? Sorry if you've already elaborated on this..

[jonjon]

Is Pristiq not an option for you now? Sorry if you've already elaborated on this..

Unfortunately the pristiq made the anxiety worse this time around :-(
I asked why this happened and the answer I got was “your brain chemistry has changed”.

I am down to 5mg lexapro and will see my psychiatrist in a couple of days. We have pretty much tried everything so I don’t know where we will go from here.

The only SSRI I haven’t tried is Zoloft but I don’t see why that would work when everything else has failed.

[Phill2]

I was on Zoloft ans switched back to Lexapro

[pulisa]

Are you prepared to try another med or are you just fed up of the whole process of antidepressant trial and error? I suppose it depends on how convincing your psychiatrist is? That's why I asked you whether you still have faith in her and her ability to prescribe appropriately.

[jonjon]

Psychiatrist said I should stay on 5mg lexapro for 6 weeks as originally planned.

She does not want to prescribe another anti depressant.

She believes the lexapro at low doses will help me but it will not be a 100% cure.

[pulisa]

I find low dose lexapro helps me deal with the worst of the agitation but I have never expected a "cure", more a better quality of life and an ability to get through each day. That means a lot to me but I understand that you want more and maybe therapy in addition to meds may be the next step?

[jonjon]

I haven’t seen my psychologist for a while now. Maybe time to revisit her or someone new.
I have been on 5mg for 12 days.
A strange thing has happened these last few days. I get to sleep ok but I am wide awake from 3am for an hour and then get back to bed. I think my body is still adjusting to the dose change.
Also agitation is all over the place. One minute I’m fine and next minute I’m crawling out of my skin.
Hope I settle soon.

[Phill2]

Let's hope so Jon