Medication (newbie)

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.

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!

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 ! )

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 !