Anyone on Lexapro?

I was just started on 10 mg of Lexapro, and just wondering if anyone has experience with it. I feel a little better in the 4 days that I've been taking it. I take it right before bed since it makes me drowsy, but then I can't sleep through the night. I think it may be because of the med. Anyone taken this before, how'd it work for you?

Thanks-Kim

lexapro is one of many prozac type meds, one of them, citalopram helped me a lot for my anxiety and panic attacks and I took it for several years

everyone reacts differently to them with the possible exception of family members

so these meds can stimulate 1 person, sedate another and have neither effect on a third

I think 10 is a bit too high to start on but if you are doing reasonably OK stay on it, best to take just before bed if it continues to sedate you

gradually work the dose up to say 15 then wait up to 6 weeks to see whether its going to help you, theres a small chance it wont

sadly help and side effects cant be predicted, you have to take it and see what, if anything, happens

Hi Mommiekim,

I have taken lexapro a while ago and it worked really quickly with very few side effects, went off for 5 months and then had a bad relapse and started taking it again, they started me at 10 which like Harry said is a little high but that is what they started me at last time, anyway this time I had more side effects, it actually made me more anxious and I had the sweats and dry mouth, so I cut down to 5 for a while than went up gradually to 7.5 and then 10 now for the last couple weeks.  Let me tell you that I am glad I stuck it out because I am feeling much better now, not perfect but much better but it did take time, I have now been taking it almost 6 weeks and it took about a month before it really started helping not like the first time so it just depends, I was also messing around with the dosage which sometimes you need to do too, just make sure to talk to your doctor  first.  I was starting to think it wasn't going to work but it did and if this one doesn't do it for you another probably will, just hang in there and give it some time, keep busy too, easier said than done I know especially with little motivation but just never give up it does get better. 

take care,

scaredy

Thanks everyone. I seem to be tolertating it pretty well. I thought that 5 mgs was a small dose, but I guess I was wrong. I have noticed that it does make me drowsy but then I can't seem to sleep through the night. I am thinking about taking the dose at dinner time, and see how that goes. It has helped me though, my mood seems so much better and I'm not as anxious as I usually am. All though I'm still not up to where I hope to be cause I was in a terrible crowd today and found myself becoming edgy. Crowds give me panic attacks. Anyhow I do seem to see a difference.
Thanks a bunch-Kim