Posted by rskontos on February 7, 2008, at 22:02:05
In reply to Re: ssri's and anxiety » johnj, posted by Racer on February 7, 2008, at 21:35:57
John J,
I took lexapro for anxiety and it did a nice job for me. I am not currently on it because it made me too sleepy. I went on 10 mg. to start I believe. Or was it 5. Lexapro now in the beginning does make you more anxious until you get it up to dosage, or your system used to it. My doc warned me. My p doc gave me xanax to cover me. My neuro gave me nothing. (pdoc are better at this part). But knowing it would get worse made it more bearable. it lasted about a week maybe 10days. Then I was ok. Lexapro was too sedating for me. And I mean too sedating. I slept all the time. Like 10-12 hours at a time. But I wasn't anxious.
Anyway, someone mentioned cymbalta, it did nothing for anxiety. It is not great for that I think at least for mine and I have pretty bad anxiety. Anyway, my two cents. good luck,
rsk
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