On 5 mg lexapro for 6+ months
Hey lexa friends ! Hope ur day is as smooth and awesome as it gets . I started Lexapro end of 2025 my doc told me about it and i sat on it for a loooong time because having an anxiety medication was giving me anxiety lmao . So i started off by 2.5 mg for like 12 weeks then went to 5 mg for another 12 weeks it was really tough but then it all settled down i didn’t have ruminating thoughts or any physical signs of anxiety anymore , i react to things normally i would say no emotion sticks with me longer than it should . I still cry in movies and get angry and happy and all of the range of emotions and its easier for me to stick to routines . The side effects are hitting me hard though no sex drive what so ever and what is food ? I just eat when its infront of me but i will never think or “feel like” eating anything
i know deep down that 5 mg is a starting dose . Its not giving me the actual effect that i should be getting . But im scared to go to 10 because i dont want to intensify the side effects . And i know going back from 10 is much harder than from 5 . Has anyone here started and stayed on 5 mg ? What do you advise me to do ? Is being on 10 really that much different from 10 ? Help a mommy out please lol