How to know when to increase your dosage?

Hi everyone. I am new the the forum and I am hoping a few of you may be able to answer my question on increasing your dosage on your meds.

I understand that it is a decision between yourself and your doctor which ultimately is the most important but I will not be seeing mine until next week and I have recently thought I may need to increase my dosage.

I am very in-tune with my body and I usually feel symptoms first there. I've been taking Lexapro for about 3 and a half months now I an I started at 5 mg and then increase by 2.5 mg until I was up to my current dosage which is 10mg. I wanted to increase again to 12.5 because I have been feeling extremely tired and overall fatigued. I have been sleeping more and am worried I may be creeping back into my eating disorder habits as I have been attracted to sweet foods and chocolate more because of the way eating it makes me feel.

If anyone could give me any answers or input I would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks Karen.

I've actually increased my dosage by 2.5 mg after making an appointment with my doc earlier this morning. The chronic fatigue and pain not to mention my subconscious attempts at self-medicating are rather sure signs.

I really appreciate your response and I so far greatly enjoy this forum. I've read through quite a few threads and I am happy to see other people actively helping one another with the health related questions.

Hi there and Welcome to HealingWell!

Increasing meds is just one way of helping treatments to work. IMO I would wait a week until you see your doctor before changing anything. Your doctor may have another idea which would work. A week is not too long to wait.

Darren