Lexapro - ups and downs?

Not every day is going to be fantastic, but you will have more good days. If it gets really bad, I would talk to your doctor, you may need an increase.

Keep your doctor posted on how you are doing. They can regulate your meds better that way.

Hugs, Karen...

Is this a normal progression of treatment? I know everyday won't be fantastic - and i never was at that point yet (oh how I'd love for that day to come!). I just don't know if it's normal after some good days...it's like it was too good to be true.

Thanks Karen. Today was more of the same...waking early with anxiety and carrying that through my day. It's like I took a few steps backwards. I'm going to give this dose a few more weeks and then look to bump up to 15mg. My issue is the nonstop tinnitus though...it tends to increase with every dose increase. Puts me between a rock and a hard place and I really don't want to try a new med yet since I've had some response to lexapro. I still deal with dizziness as well. I've scheduled a VNG test in a few weeks to help determine (although not 100% accurate) if the dizziness is due to inner ear damage or a neurological one. I feel the dizziness is related to the tinnitus but my doc thinks it's my anxiety (which is hard me to believe since it's 24/7). I feel like I'm running a never ending marathon with this journey...I'm tired!

Karen i spoke to my pdoc about this and she said some of her patients are on Trileptal (it's for seizure disorders) but I'd rather not mix anything with the lexapro right now since I'm unstable on it still. Other than that, all the commercials I hear are gimmicks. I know lack of sleep, caffeine, alcohol and salt increase it so I cut out all of that (and trying to be more careful on the salt). Blood pressure has been running pretty normal for me now. It was only high starting the lex and with dose increases. I feel like I'm in a war with so many things...depression, anxiety, tinnitus, dizziness....I'm waiving my white flag!!!