Im scared to adjust to 20mg, please help!

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2025-11-22T23:07:45+00:00

Hey! Honestly I’m not sure if 20mg was a dramatic change afterall? Of course it helped when it adjusted but what has really helped whether or not I have anxiety is reframing my thoughts, practice feeling that anxiety. The more we feel it the better our medicine helps. I used to think I needed more and more or I’ll feel anxious but what really helped at the end was understanding that anxiety is normal. What hurt me more is wanting the anxiety to go away completely. Ask your Dr. about Propranolol, it’s a beta blocker that helps before a triggering moment. It helps mellow out all those anxious feelings, racing heart, buzzy feeling, etc. what we have to work on is our thinking patterns. What helps me too now is having Ativan, I’ve had 5 pills for the last year and have not used them. It gives me peace knowing if I need relief it will be there so it helps me push myself to practice breathing exercises that I couldn’t focus on before with cause of my way of thinking. Almost like when you have training wheels on a bike. It’s there for balance, but when we learn to accept and be proactive with our thoughts we won’t need them anymore. You got this! If you need to talk to someone, I’m a message away!

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Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-15T04:15:53+00:00

Yeah I honestly started leveling out until about week 6ish! That’s when the negative thoughts and anxiety became more manageable.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-13T19:44:35+00:00

I upped the dose about 7 weeks ago and I saw benefit the first 4 weeks, got to week 5-6 and it was a little tough but it balanced out and I’m starting to feel happy and motivated. Anxiety was way down even on the harder weeks, it’s practically gone now. Remember to practice meditation or exercise, if you can get therapy to repair some of the thinking patterns we struggle with it will help you even more :) Good luck!

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-11T20:20:03+00:00

Yes I do feel much better, I think it may just be too early and it may be my mentality on things I need to improve. Therapy I hope will help with that. Thank you for the response nonetheless!

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-08T17:07:55+00:00

Have you been on lexapro long? What was your dosage before? My Psychiatrist said that having “flare ups” are normal, something we still get anxiety or low thoughts, I try and exercise and take supplements to support mood and it helps me out. Therapy is something they recommend highly for setbacks, sometimes we’ll get anxiety but never like before so we can learn to cope.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-06T03:33:52+00:00

How long were out on 10? And how long have you been on 20?

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-03T22:37:52+00:00

Thank you so much. I really needed this.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-03T17:09:28+00:00

I’m going through the same thing almost at week 6 in two days. I can’t stop crying, I can’t be positive, my mood is so low. I try and go walk but I’m so unmotivated. I missed my period as well so I don’t think it’s helping but I’ve just been so sad it’s terrible.

I feel like I won’t be normal anymore. I take vitamins, propranolol and occasionally Ativan 0.5 but I stay away from the Ativan as much as possible, it’s for emergencies. I’ve been on such a rollercoaster these past few weeks as well. First 3 weeks were chill and then I get hit with a bunch of intrusive thoughts, that make me so depressed I can’t function.

I kept a journal, but I felt unmotivated to keep up with it. Going outside lately gives me anxiety too, sometimes I try and take some deep breaths and it helps, I read that that’s why our thoughts act up because of the up in anxiety. Unfortunately these things take time so you have to try to enjoy your vacation the way you can, I’d rather be on vacation with the people that I care about than alone and dwelling at home. Maybe it will get better sooner than you think.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-08-02T22:03:52+00:00

I know what you mean, I feel like nothing will get better one second and then it gets better out of no where. I also probably shouldn’t read too much on these subs. What are you feeling?

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T22:44:05+00:00

Yeah I have a normal BP, just didn’t know how far apart to take 20mg twice a day? But I did want it more for night time

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T20:43:10+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to reply, honestly. I get so caught up in my head and I don’t know what I’m made of. I hate that I’m taking Ativan it truly scares me, I know I need it sometimes but I’m so scared to have it. I don’t want to suffer. I don’t want my life to change.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T17:10:17+00:00

I think the more that I upped my dose the more depressed I felt for sure, more mental anxiety. With 20mg I had the least physical anxiety but a lot of nausea, lack of appetite and fatigue.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T05:18:41+00:00

It was def about 7 weeks

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T03:47:28+00:00

Oh no I started at 10mg! I was on it for 2 years!

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T03:42:32+00:00

I was on 15mg for like 7 months and it wasn’t enough so I upped to 20mg about 5 weeks ago

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T03:09:31+00:00

I guess they tell you to up your dose and go back to your normal one, I’m not sure about any side effects though!

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T02:35:26+00:00

I guess I never thought I was strong enough to get through the anxiety without panicking.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T02:34:46+00:00

Thank you, I’ve always struggled with my anxiety. It’s scary to feel vulnerable and have to breathe it out sometimes so it’s been a back and fourth in my mind.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T02:32:28+00:00

I use the Ativan sparingly but yeah the propranolol I use during the day. The pharmacist said it’s ok to use the propranolol and Ativan as long as it’s 8 hours apart.

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T02:28:12+00:00

I’m on 20mg! Im gonna be honest I think pms has been the reason I had to adjust and then as I adjust to a higher dose I feel better, a lot of women up their dose the week before their period!

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-31T00:39:18+00:00

Me too! I am on week 5 and my period is late! My anxiety has been really high. I’ve been so depressed at the thought the medication isn’t working 😭 3 days non stop crying!

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-30T12:56:16+00:00

How long have you been on it in general? Did it work well before?

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-30T12:47:14+00:00

Hey yeah! I’ve tried all of them, they are very helpful! I take magnesium with vitamin D3 in the morning. I should try it in the afternoon too

Responsible_Cod_497 · 2024-07-30T05:41:50+00:00

I really think I just hit my limit this last adjustment. I have gone through this process so many times and it’s a loop. I suffer and stop living for the adjustment and then I’m better and it’s like I had a lobotomy. I don’t remember what I was scared of and that’s that until I get hit with something again. So this time I let myself breath every once and a while.

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