[Astro]

I normally don't post here, but I understood from just your short post what I felt when I was prescribed Lexapro and then Zoloft. But I didn't have very many ups. Just down, down, down, and the same anxiety they were supposed to help me with. After two weeks of misery and no sleep I checked myself into an emergency room and then a behavioral center. I was suicidal and didn't know what else to do.

At the behavioral center I was given Paxil and for the first time in weeks I slept. But when I was released and went to a therapist for outpatient treatment he took me off the Paxil because it can be addictive (not good for this alcoholic) and put me on EffexorXR. It took a few months of getting used to, changing the time of day I took the med, and several dosage adjustments before it was fully effective, but it was a blessing to my health and well-being. I took EffexorXR for a year and then my doc weaned me off of it with no side effects.

OK, enough of my long story. My point is that if the Lexapro isn't working it might not be right for you or you might require a different dosage. Either way, it was so important for me to communicate with my prescribers and let them know if something wasn't working for me. Please talk to your doctor, and if you can write in a journal how you're feeling for reference later on. There were times when I thought I just had to suck it up and live with feeling miserable, I'm grateful that wasn't the case and there was help and the right medication available to me.