Originally Posted by
panic_down_under
If I've done the calculation right you've now been on 15mg for 30 days which is still a little early to draw a firm conclusion, imho. I'd give it at least another 2 weeks.
It’s been 5 weeks on 15mg. 12 wks since I started 10mg..
Given you've needed to take 20mg in the past I don't think you're on an excess dose now. Agitation tends to occur a little more often with escitalopram than the parent compound citalopram, so if it continues to be a problem switching to the older med might resolve it. As they share the same active drug (citalopram also contains a mostly inactive isomer of it) there should be few if any side-effects.