I'm new here! I'm on day 5 of Lexapro for my anx$&, and I feel like it's gotten worse.

Hi Leno, welcome!

I'm new on this site too. It's a really nice forum, lots of support and nice compassionate people. I haven't been on Lexapro myself, but I have been on Zoloft and it seems like when you decrease/increase in dosage you'll have worse symptoms than before for a short amount of time. I hear it usually will take a week or two for the bad effects to wear off. But if they don't go away or proceed to get worse I recommend talking to your doctor. Good luck and hope you feel better!

Good night everyone. I have not been here in so very long. Currently i am on lexapro and it does me well. If I forget to take it for couple days it becomes a nightmare. So hang in there it will get better.

Hello everybody. Update . Today is day 28. I did 5mg (1/2 pill) for 10 days. Then day 11 I bumped to 10mh. This past week starting on Sunday I feel like my thoughts and worries and sleep have improved. I do feel less anxiety overall BUT these last few days have been getting fuzzy feeling , groggy, had a headache, little confusion. Sometimes feel distant. And these feelings give me slight anxiety.

Hi Leno,

I have read that 6-8 weeks is typical...but not a hard and set rule. For some, it is earlier, and for many people it can even be a longer start up.

As far as having side effects that are prolonged? Did you just bump up in dose? That would be expected then...

...but even if you did not, this could be a period of the med building/accumulating in your system, which is the goal...but your body needs to catch up and adjust to it at points.

Also, you could simply be having breakthrough anxiety which is not unexpected either. Medication can't cover all of your issues completely...so coping skills and therapy tools will be your go to management techniques at those times!

Continued progress be yours, and keep us updated.:)

S.C.