Re: 9 weeks on escitalopram and really desperate
I personally doubt it would make sense to increase your dose if you are not coping with the side effects of the current dose! You'd need an odd pattern like no-anxiety but bowel upsets or something to make such a choice make any sense.
If you have more anxiety than before (especially after several weeks) it sounds like you have so called paradoxical anxiety where the medication adds anxiety rather than taking it away.
If you tell us more about your original (and recent?) symptoms we may all be able to suggest what worked for us. Myself the Esc' took away all depression (and perhaps even valid sadness) but only took the edge off of my GAD.
As I say, share and we'll all try to help. Use the private messaging if you are troubled to share in public (as it were).
Extra thought:
When in the day do you take your Escitalopram?
Is it before or after food?
Do you feel at all like you have low blood sugar in the mornings?
(More info once I have your answers).
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Kevin, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Probably GAD & Phobias. Anxiety and renewed Depression medicated (Venlafaxine). Trying to improve.