Posted by Bill LL on April 5, 2004, at 10:41:56
In reply to Feeling like poop myself, posted by ednababish on April 4, 2004, at 21:39:21
Edna- I think that it is tough to distinguish between normal and underlying problems. There is a strong link between birth control pills and depression. The link is dependent on the relative amounts of estrogen and progesterone in the pills. Call your OBGYN and ask him about this. Maybe this depression link also affects anxiety which seems to be your problem.
As for the Lexapro, I personally take 30 mg and am doing very well. Why don't you try an increase for a week or 2. You can always go back to 15 if you want.
Right now, is your depression under control? If it is, and your only problem is anxiety, you would still want to try 20 mg Lexapro. But you might eventually want to check into taking an anxiety drug like Klonopin.
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