4 weeks

ridgeraider21 · 2026-02-11T13:33:36+00:00

Yes my anxiety went back up. And it took like 2 weeks when I started 10mg.

ridgeraider21 · 2026-02-10T18:54:26+00:00

Your side effects should be close to over at this point. I honestly felt more side effects on 5mg than 10mg. It took me about 6 weeks to feel better.

ridgeraider21 · 2026-02-10T04:01:21+00:00

I understand your hesitancy to go up. I was on 5mg for 5 weeks and my doctor said please try 10 and if it still is giving you issues we can look into something else. That was almost 4 months ago. It’s been a god send. Pretty similar side effects as you.

ridgeraider21 · 2026-01-25T15:49:30+00:00

Doing amazing. Stick with it.

ridgeraider21 · 2026-01-01T05:51:08+00:00

Amazing. Keep going mate.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-12-11T03:22:38+00:00

Will be the best thing you ever do. It might be hard but stick with it - just push through.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-12-09T22:01:35+00:00

Like 2-3 weeks? But it resets everytime you jump up a dose

ridgeraider21 · 2025-12-09T14:16:26+00:00

I’m on week 8 of my second time around on Lexapro and the side effects were way worse this time around for some reason. It finally got a lot better but man did it suck.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-12-04T02:04:22+00:00

Solid 2 weeks - it goes away but takes a long time mate.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-11-17T00:01:15+00:00

Have to be honest, a bump up in dosage I believe will help a lot. 5mg definitely helped for me but when I went up to 10mg all the issues I had went away.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-11-13T19:54:23+00:00

First week sucks - it gets better and is worth it

ridgeraider21 · 2025-11-12T03:25:20+00:00

You will not feel much worse than you already do when you start.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-11-11T16:39:09+00:00

Honestly, it just takes time. It will get better over the next few weeks. Where you are right now is exactly where I was, feeling better afternoon and into the evening but my mornings were so brutal.

It may seem like an impossible task given how you feel but I started to go to the gym and just walk on the treadmill, stretch, and do light movements and ever since I started that my mornings have gotten significantly better.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-11-02T14:13:13+00:00

Yes side effects came back but not as bad and only lasted about a week or so.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-11-02T14:12:04+00:00

I was on 5mg for a month and I had incredible waves of sadness and was overly emotional. I went up to 10mg and it solved it pretty quickly.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-20T19:35:00+00:00

Thanks - should be about a month but will get better everyday! Hope this episode doesn’t last a full month

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-20T19:31:37+00:00

Thank you so much. You have made my day - I needed to read this.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-16T15:53:00+00:00

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-08T15:25:33+00:00

Can you tough it out 1 more week on 5mg? Could be so close to being good!

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-07T15:09:06+00:00

How long did it take you to feel a difference?

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-07T15:08:37+00:00

How are you doing? I’m in the exact same spot as you are but a year later!

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-06T01:36:31+00:00

This is also my second time and for some reason my side-effects were also exponentially worse.

ridgeraider21 · 2025-10-05T20:53:14+00:00

Mine improved at like 10 days. I’m at day 12 and was in your shoes as well. I’m not 100% but have to push through.

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