Posted by Mariposa on December 27, 2003, at 10:34:44
In reply to Re: Lexapro and panic, posted by Alain on December 25, 2003, at 15:20:57
> I was taking Lexapro ( 10 mgs.)for a couple of months and it seemed to help a bit for my anxiety and worked great for my depression. Then my doctor threw buspar in the mix. That was horrible. After 3 weeks on that stuff, I had such extreme panic attacks that I could hardly function. I went off the buspar and stayed on the lexapro, but I didn't seem to get the same effect anymore. My doc told me to increase the lexapro to 15 mgs. but that gave me a bad panic attack. He pulled me off lexapro and now I am taking Zoloft. The zoloft only seems to make me depressed and anxious though.I have been on zoloft for 6 weeks now. Do you think I should go back to Lexapro? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks..
increasing Lex usually brings on a *re-visit* of se's, probably why you had increased anxiety. how long did you take increased dose? It would seem that a couple of days was not enough, and maybe you should have increased only 2.5mg instead of 5mg. Of course I am not a doctor and I only have experience to go on, but if you felt Lex was working, I'm surprised at these results. I would seriously discuss w/doc.
Best of luck!~~~8|8
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