It is different for everyone. Usually its between two and four weeks. Give it a little more time, and if it still doesn't seem to be working I would ask your doctor to either up your dosage or maybe try a different medication.

Have you ever thought of supplementing the med with therapy, yoga , deep breathing, meditation, exercise, guided visualization etc.

Many hugs to you as you deal with your Dad's dying.

Clonazepam kicks in for me in about 20 minutes when I feel my anxiety increase. I take magnesium with it usually to help me relax. I also use meditation with it.

Triggers like the news of a close one dying surely aggravate our anxiety, just as they do for anyone.

I was on Lexapro. I was happy with it. When my pdoc ran out of free samples, my insurance company said it was too expensive and refused to pay for it.

Rita? can you try doing other methodes as well? like Marty mentioned , walking helps alot ( for me it does ) ..try something in a positive way that helps you , you have to fight back dont rely on the meds help your meds help you dear have a stationary bike? that helps my neighbore shes 83 and has Anxiety.. she gets on her bike for a 1/2 hr or walks, i am learning the more physical in motion we are the better off we feel

Hi matey, again sorry about your dad. Rita I am a little impatient with meds so me personally would be making another visit to my docs. Its hard to get through a day with bad anxiety so 4/5 weeks is like a decade, no sod that i would be getting it increased or changed, but that is just me. vonny x

Rita - I would talk to your doc and see what they can do to help !! Obviously, something is not helping you as it should. Keep positive and many hugs !!

Im so sorry about your dad. My dad just had lung surgery yesterday so I know how scary it feels. The above posts are all correct. I tried a few things until I found that Prozac really helped. It took about 4 weeks to see some improvement then another 2-3 weeks for it to really kick in! Im not saying meds are a cure-all but they totally will get you through the hard times when working properly! For me adding therapy, exercise (weights + aerobic), cutting all junk out of my diet plus a multivitamin and additional B12 seem to have made a huge difference! Once they are all kicking the bad times wont feel so bad and youll actually be able to enjoy the good times! Please take care : )