Worried on Dose increase

[MyLittle1]

Last week after being on 10ml of Lexapro for a month, I started feeling anxious again. I called the dr. and he incresed my dose 5ml more in the afternoon which is when I started feeling anxious again. So, I already took 10ml at 10AM and then 5ml at 4PM. Since I started taking 10ml, my sleep has been bad, so I started taking Ambien to sleep. I went to the Dr. yesterday and he asked me if I get anxious and panic during the night I said I didn't know since I took a sleeping pill. Last night I decided to try and sleep on my own since I was so tired from not sleeping well the night before. At 1AM I was so anxious and felt so bad, I took another 5ml of lexapro. My dr. said it was fine to go to 20ml a day. I am so sad and worried that I've gotten worse or what's happening to me. Today was day 2 of no sleep and I feel like a zombie, but my mind is awake. I was fine on 10ml for a month after starting and now it's getting worse and have had to increase it 2 times in almost one week on Friday. I hope I don't stay like this for ever. I'm going to counseling, am going to a chiropractor and I'm going to try Accupucture. Do you have any advice for me. I don't want to take these meds for the rest of my life and I don't want to keep increasing the doses.

[MyLittle1]

Thank you so much for your advice. I appreciate your advice and your outlook for me. I am being proactive in getting better. I'm sorry your anxiety has come back. I heard once you have this, it will always come back to find you. I hope it's wrong, but sounds like it's something we'll have to deal with for the rest of our lives. :( I'm glad to hear that we don't have to be on meds for the rest of our lives though. Hopefully we'll just learn how to cope with it. I do hope you feel better yourself too. :)

[plomeli]

Hello, well from what i understand and I am no expert by any means, it is normal to have the medication slowly increased I am taking 50ml of zoloft and the doc said that if I tolerated it well then she would increase it to 100ml after the first week. The thing about anxiety is that it kinda comes in waves when I wake up in the morning I am super anxious then it comes down a bit in the afternoon. Have you thought about seeing a psychiatrist I think they are better equiped to give these types of medication, I had to switch a couple of medications my primary doctor gave me and am doing much better with the ones the psychiatrist gave me. Just be patient you probably wont have to be on medication forever if you are seeking counseling. I took lexapro and xanax in 2003 and was able to get off of it. But unfortunately I developed horrible anxiety again 2 months ago and decided to take medication because I felt horrible! Well good luck hope you feel much better soon!