Posted by blueberry on October 4, 2005, at 16:40:42
In reply to lexapro and start up SEs, posted by maddy4 on October 4, 2005, at 10:13:10
I started lex about 2 weeks ago. I know that start up anxiety you are feeling because I had it too. I started at about 2mg a day and have worked up to 7.5mg now. Lots of chopping and cutting for custom sizes.
What helped me a whole lot was to take my daily dose and cut it into tiny chunks and then take the chunks a few hours apart. That way the body gets used to it and the whole dose doesn't have as much start up anxiety oomph to it as if you took it all at once.
In any case, my doc said it is fine to take xanax as needed to get through the start up side effects. I found that with each dose increase, the anxiety would fade in about 3 or 4 days. My overall anxiety level right now, which was fierce in the beginning, has calmed down bigtime. I know it's hard, but try to stick with it. I think the best trick is to split up your daily dose into tiny chunks spaced a few hours apart.
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