Lexapro start up

Hi! Finally decided to start lexapro. My Pdoc prescribed me 10mg and said I could halve the pills and start at 5 mg. so far I've had mixed results, but moslt increased anxiety during the evening (which used to be when I started calming down).

I'm off of work for a long weekend and was considering increasing to 10mg starting tomorrow. I'd have three days off of work to get through the initial increase and get used to new s/e. I was considering holding for another werk, but I start a new job April 6th and really wanted to be established on this by that time. Thoughts? If I held another week, I'd have 2 weeks to get on the prescribed dose, but wouldn't have that extra day to adjust before having to go back to work. I'm an RN on a busy med-surg unit and feeling crappy really hurts my day.

Thanks for your thoughts!

Thanks for the reply, Lauren! I'm glad to know that it's working for your intrusive thoughts, because that's a big part of what fuels my (health) anxiety. Constantly scanning my body for aches, pains, twitches and glitches! And obsessing over what could be wrong. Being a nurse surely doesn't help either. My mind catastrophises easily! I've noticed that I'm a bit more agitated, but also don't feel the persistent weakness as much since starting at 5 mg. keeping my fingers crossed!

I decided to stay at 5 mg for now. I'll see how I feel in a couple days then maybe step up to the 10 mg. I'd have surely increased today, but we're celbrating my sons 6th bday this weekend and have lots of family coming in. Don't want to be any more keyed up than I already am! I am taking my klonopin at night for now. My hope is that I can finally taper off for good once the lexapro truly kicks in. I'm trying to be patient, but it's hard when you're desperate to feel better!