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I started lexapro a week ago and I feel that it’s making my anxiety worse. Does anyone have experience taking lexapro? Did you notice the same? Thanks!
I started lexapro a week ago and I feel that it’s making my anxiety worse. Does anyone have experience taking lexapro? Did you notice the same? Thanks!
I've been on Lexapro for 9 months and had to raise my dose once during that time. I will say that during the adjustment period my anxiety was worse. I talked to my Psycharitist and was told that was a common side effect. It took 2 1/2 weeks to pass. I stuck it out and I feel better than ever. Talk to your Psycharitist about getting extra assistance during this time if it is too much. I asked for anti anxiety medication during my dose increase and it helped get me through it.
@Anexhaustedtube What anti anxiety medication did you take?
@sebrina I took clonazepam but a beta blocker will work too.
I’m not taking that medication but I started effexor and I feel as ifs making my anxiety worse too
I actually mentioned this to the other person that commented on your post. Unfortunately I can’t relate to the medication she’s on.. but I am on lexapro and did have a pretty hard time going on it. I was in a pretty bad place with my ocd at the time so the doctor gave me something for panic attacks as well as the lexapro, I ended up taking one of those once a day with the lexapro just to calm my nerves until I was feeling more used to it. And I will say that I have noticed a pretty significant improvement with my anxiety and ocd since lexapro, I’ve been on it now for years! I hope this help!
@Nina.V I only had to take the other med for a week before I was feeling back to normal
Thank you guys. This was really helpful!
hi !! i , personally , don’t take lexapro, BUT i do have experience with antidepressants/anxiety meds . im on wellbutrin and that made me feel WORSE actually and made me feel so anxious like my heart would beat fastly, i couldnt really sleep good, i would be sweating lol and all these negative effects. not sure if your psychiatrist told you this , but youre gonna have bad side effects at first . mine literally lasted for like 9 WEEKS ( they usually say 2 weeks but tbh that’s not true in my own experience ) . also i wanna say this, medication will not make you feel “good” . itll only make your issues a bit easier to deal with. so for example, if you usually have panic attacks for 2 hrs , on the meds it may last for 1 hr, yk what i mean ? hope this helps ‹𝟹 ( btw now that ive been on wellbutrin for a while it did help a bit ! )
@moonjoy Thanks for your share! Yeah everyone is just different. Some say it really helped, or that it took awhile or didn’t it at all. So I guess we’ll see … every meds has its affects which sucks. Yeah I was on Zoloft and switched. Zoloft gave me really bad headaches and a nauseous feeling. I couldn’t
Sometimes it can make you feel worse ! Depending on the dosage it may be to high to start . If it doesn’t get better and continues to get worse absolutely say something to your doctor . I have had some anxiety meds make my anxiety worse and it was just the wrong meds for me . Good luck !
For the past like 4 months, my ROCD has been getting worse and worse. I’ve been on lexapro for about 1.5 months now and it’s basically gotten rid of my anxiety and intrusive thoughts. But now I’m stuck with the constant feeling of not loving my bf. At this point I can’t even recognize him as someone I love. Like I will stare at him and try to feel something or recognize him but I feel nothing. It feels like I don’t love him anymore, but I don’t want to give up. I don’t know what to do at this point. I don’t know if it’s still the ocd and the medication is making it worse or if I’m truly just falling out of love with him. While not being on the verge of a panic attack and ruminating 24/7 is great, i feel like I’ve lost my identity and my emotions.
I just got diagnosed with ocd and she suggested I think about taking lexapro for it. Has anybody tried that and does it help at all?
I was diagnosed with OCD and I started Prozac 10 days ago. I have struggled with intrusive taboo sexual thoughts for 12+ years (I’m 24) but now I feel like it’s turning into feelings. I’ve never done anything to anyone or nor do I wish to ever. I am just scared of my own brain if this is something I actually want. My psychiatrist said I should feel better/start getting clarity after 2 weeks. But I keep feeling worse and worse. Anyone else has experience with Prozac and how it went for them?
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