What should I be feeling?

I've been on Lexapro for 5 weeks. 5mg the first week and 10mg for the last 4. The first few weeks were very rough but I started feeling a lot better after that. I was at a point where I was afraid to eat, I wasn't sleeping, and I wasn't going out and doing anything (I even quit my job.) Things were going good until Christmas Day I starting feeling the anxiety start again. Nothing happened, I just started feeling nervous and started feeling sick. I've been having a hard time sleeping again and I'm getting weird/tight feelings in my body...plus headaches. Sometimes I feel like when I acknowledge the anxiety it gets worse. I'm just always afraid something is wrong and it's very hard to distract myself and relax. I don't have a lot of motivation but I know I need to get moving and go get a job real soon.

For those of you who have experience with Lexapro and anxiety, would you say it's normal to have sudden episodes of anxiety? Does it ever go away? I'm trying to make an appointment with a new Psychiatrist but I want some other opinions on Lexapro and how it makes you feel.

I also have been on Lexapro for about 5 weeks, 2 weeks on 5mg, little over 2 weeks on 10mg , then increased for 3 days to 12.5 and now last couple of days to 15 mg. With each increase, I have had increased anxiety and some nausea. It sucks. Also having problems sleeping which doesn't help the anxiety. This is my second round on it and it helped me the first time, so here is hoping it does the same this time. I had weaned off because I was doing so well and 2 mths later started the anxiety again. My doctor wants me to go to 20, so I will see. You might want to talk to your doctor about increasing your dose.

I don't know if I trust my primary doctor. Last time I saw him he basically told me he couldn't help me and gave me numbers to specialists for every issue I was having. He seemed to think my anxiety should have immediately got better when starting the Lexapro, but I know from here and other sources that it can take over a month to feel the full effects of the medicine. Also it usually gets worse before it gets better...you think he would know that. After a few rough weeks of not sleeping (or barley) he wanted to send me in for a sleep study...even though it was already determined my sleep problems were caused by anxiety. He also didn't know that I could still have digestive issues despite my endoscopy coming back okay. Thank god for the Internet so I can figure out stuff myself. He doesn't really know what he's doing and I don't know if I want him advising me on a psychotic drug. That's why I'm turning to a psychiatrist. I'd rather have somebody who knows what I'm going through that I can ask questions and seek advice from. My doctor just makes me feel like I'm crazy and that there's no way to help me.