Anyone here take Lexapro?

[miche31263]

I'm just curious what your symptoms were starting up, I'm on Day 12 and last two days upped from 5mg to 10mg, and am still having severe anxiety, of course, I am battling lots of health issues too.  I'm just wondering if I should be feeling some relief by now?  It has started to zombie me out, which at the moment, isn't a huge deal because that takes the focus away from the health thoughts and "dying" fear, but still I have restless legs, restless thoughts, hot flashes/sweating, vivid dreams, dizzy, I can only sleep maybe 4 or 5 hours, but its interrupted.  I have Xanax that I take at night to help sleep, if needed I take a tiny bit during the day, but I'm so tired already if I take it, I usually can't focus and end up sleeping like 5 minutes here and there with jolts of waking up and needing to move.  Still can't concentrate long enough to watch an entire tv show.  I try to listen to soothing music and read positive affirmations when I can focus off the anxiety.  I would really really love someone to talk to about this.  Thank you, Michelle

[miche31263]

Thank you for that.  I really appreciate it, when I searched through the archives it never showed up.

[JGF25]

Here is a good blog to look at.  

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Anxiety/Back-on-Cipralex-Lexapro/show/1557045

It chronicles CGs entire experience and now we rarely hear from him anymore.  He is traveling and doing well.