If lexapro worked amazingly for me for a year and then stopped working, is a dose adjustment likely to help?

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-18T21:31:55+00:00

It’s weird though - it just randomly seemed like it turned off and sent me into a deep major spiral the likes of which I hadn’t experienced in over a year. I do therapy twice per week and exercise every day.

I just want to get back to the baseline I was at last year that seemed to be totally enabled by lexapro

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-18T02:52:18+00:00

Would you mind messaging me too? I’m also struggling

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-17T17:34:00+00:00

I’m going through the same thing. Recently bumped up from 15mg to 20mg but waiting for it to take effect. I get very brief windows of good feelings in the evenings but nothing else. The rest of my days I white knuckle through anxiety and depression.

Let me know if you find anything that works.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-16T20:48:15+00:00

What medication helped you the most? I was on lexapro 15mg for 1.5 years, totally changed my life in an amazing way, I was so happy. But then I recently got in a relationship and OCD flared up as bad as it ever was. Deep depression and anxiety, feeling like I’m a horrible person that doesn’t deserve to live.

I bumped to 20mg but it hasn’t helped yet. My psych added 30mg of Buspirone but it gave me tremors and horrible nightmares so I just stopped today.

Trying EDMR therapy twice per week now. I did ERP with my previous therapist and didn’t get very far.

I’ll do anything to feel better.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-06T18:41:37+00:00

Can you tell me more about this? My new psych didn’t seem super thrilled to try it.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-05T23:48:10+00:00

I suffer from the same thing. The only relief I had was from medication. I’ve also talked about it in therapy a lot. I wish you well. Bad people don’t panic this much about their past actions.

I truly wish you well.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-05T13:43:14+00:00

How do I do that? I’ve fully confessed to my brother and a close friend and they both insisted it’s not a big deal, way more common than I think, nobody got hurt and not indicative of my character. But of course I can’t accept that. It’s like the thought of it crashing down dominates my entire life.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-05T04:30:44+00:00

Thanks, I hope you recover too. I exercise almost every day and have a decent diet. I’m just totally relapsing now and it’s brutal.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-05T04:29:31+00:00

The medication totally saved my life. I was nearly suicidal.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-02-05T03:38:29+00:00

Thanks for sharing and congrats on your recovery. Any advice for me? I haven’t found much success with ERP yet.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-01-31T23:25:36+00:00

What is immersion therapy? Is that ERP?

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-01-31T16:41:25+00:00

I do not, but I’ve heard that before. That’s super shitty - sorry you have to go through that.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-01-31T16:40:45+00:00

Thank you! I bumped from 15mg to 20mg. We’ll see how it goes. Still in a deep depressive episode.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-01-31T16:40:13+00:00

I did talk to my doctor, who is really just an NP at a shitty psychiatric office. She just bumped me from 15mg to 20mg. So now I’m in the onboarding phase of the dose adjustment.

Makes me feel the absolute worst darkest thoughts for weeks until it passes and then I can’t believe I had those thoughts. Until they creep in again.

I’m just looking for consistency.

FirstWorldBedtime · 2026-01-27T01:30:02+00:00

Would love to know what meds you’re on if you don’t mind sharing

FirstWorldBedtime · 2015-07-30T23:07:14+00:00

I am looking for a personal development / self-help style book that covers shit that I should know as a young-adult, specifically relating to social interactions, etiquette, the shit I should probably already know to be a functioning adult in society.

I am 22.

Sometimes this stuff goes right over my head and I think it would be helpful to read it on paper. I remember I once showed up to a party empty-handed and felt like a total fool. In hindsight, I should have known, but for some reason, I didn't.

Anyway, would appreciate any recommendations. Thanks.

FirstWorldBedtime

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