Caffeine and Lexapro?

Hi! I'm going through a rough day right now, but Lexapro has been very good for my anxiety overall. I cut the coffee out of the picture though. I do drink tea which has much less caffeine than coffee. If you are having 2 cups of coffee, you are having roughly 400mg of caffeine per day I would recommend trying for 1 cup per day max, or two cups of "half-caf" coffee.

But maybe start at 2 cups and see if it still works for you. I drink one cup of tea in the morning and will on occasion grab a latte at Starbucks. Tea has around 70% less caffeine than coffee. Even a latte has less caffeine than coffee. A tall latte has 75mg of caffeine in it.

Anyway---I hope your Lexapro helps you as much as it has helped me!

I have been on lexapro for about 1 month and am starting the feel the effects. My doc told me to cut out the coffee when my anxiety started to interfere with my life. It was a nightmare for about 2 weeks so I would recommend cutting down slowly. I drink one cup of tea in the morning and that is it. I am more tired then usual but getting through it. I try to get a good night sleep and exercise every morning. That seems to help the fatigue.

Hi

I have just recently cut down on my caffeine intake as I think it was causing me to have anxiety and try and keep it to 2 cups a day. I used to be on Lexapro and found it to be a good medication and I don't think that caffeine affected it in anyway.

Hibee