Adding Buspar and insomnia to the mix

I've been on 30mg of Lexapro for a couple months now. Things have been pretty good with the way I've been feeling, although since I moved up to 30mg, I've been having "intimacy issues" with my wife.

So Tuesday I saw my psychiatrist for the first time to go over my meds and evaluate.

We decided to add Buspar and decrease Lexapro to try and alleviate that. So... I've added 5mg of Buspar, twice daily. Then in a week go up to 10mg twice daily. In two weeks, I'll decrease the Lexapro to 20mg.

So now I'm back to 4 hours of sleep and some rotten morning anxiety. I was hoping that I wouldn't see too much in the way of startup effects since I have seen so many posts about how gentle Buspar is at startup.
Oh, well. I guess that wasn't in the cards.

If this doesn't work for me and I have to change the plan, I'll be begging Genesight to take my money.
Startups always suck, I guess.

Hi Rsp

I'm sorry to hear of your current challenges.

Starting or reducing medication can cause an increase in symptoms to begin with which can last a few weeks so it really is a case of toughing it out and telling yourself that their is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Lexapro is a strong medication so take it fist thing in the morning as it is well known to cause sleep problems as it's very activating when I was on it I had to reduce down to 10mg and it was at this dose it really worked well for me but as you know we are all different.

Keep us posted

Thanks everybody. I'm fine.
Insomnia leads to morning anxiety which then leads to cranky, whiny posts. Lol. I'm in with both feet for at least a month with this plan. It will work or I'll try something else.
I'm still way better than I was 3 or 4 months ago!