[fishplate]

Just popped my first ever lexapro and I'm freaking out that my dose is too high. Dr. prescribed 20mg to start. Is that excessive?

[family life]

After all that I've read about this drug I'm starting to wean myself tomorrow from the
10 mg my doctor put me on about 6 weeks ago. I don't want to be on this forever and I don't like the withdrawls people complain about. There has to be something else with less withdrawl effects.

[Craz]

I started off on lexapro and it heightened my anxiety causing me to take a weeks worth of xanax in 3 days. I tried the popular SSRI's and they set me back not put me forward. Now I'm on xanax and I plan on going back to college. Even though my back is agony from a compression fracture.

[Methastoner]

Not nesecesarily. If you want, split the pills for a week. If there in capsules figure out a way to get half of the powder out and ingest it.

The thing you should be more worried about is getting off this horrendous drug. Easy to get on, very hard to get off. Possibly ask your doctor for an alternative to ssri drugs for you as they can be very physically addicting, though he may feel this is the drug you need. If you don't believe me type in Lexapro or SSRI WITHDRAWL in googles search engine and do some research. Then ask yourself if this is the drug you need. There are several other anti-deps out there that are not ssri.

[MissKitka]

Well, I started with 10 mgs of Lexapro 8 weeks ago, and I felt fine but now I started to feel a little bit of anxiety, so I will ask my doctor if I need to increase the dosage of 20 mgs. As far as I know the dosage starts with lower mgs, and then with the weeks the doctor increases if you need it. You can suggest your doctor that if it's okay to go to 10 mgs.