Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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mraoun
mraoun
hi my friends as u know lately i am a lot of anxiety 24 hours constentley i tried ativan it didnt take my anxiety and made drowsy all day today i tried xanx for the first time 0.5m i felt it worked a little but not enough to let me feel good and i am worried if i increase my dosage is going o make me sleepy it is been already 3 days by now i didnt go to work i dont know what to do my doc told me if i want i increase my lexapro from 20 mg to 30 mg may be that will help any input or anyone on lexapro 30 mg and how u are feeling i love u all .
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi there
I do not take lexapro, but if your Doc says its cool then just try to trust him. If you dont try then you dont know right???
Take care
Katexx
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm increasing my Celexa (older version of lexapro, if I understand correctly) to 40 mg up from 20. I'd say it's worth a shot. Xanax only shaves the edge off my anxiety too. Good luck!
soultosoul
soultosoul
think about what else you can do to relax your mind, have you tried some meditation, this can really help, if you know eft tap to your continued increasing anxiety

also trust the advice of your doc, if he thinks its necessary to increase your meds then do so in the short term, the xanax you have taken is not a high dose so if you ahve been prescribed more for each day then take it, it will not make you feel happy thats not its job but it does take away the edge of the anxiety
sugar09
sugar09
I would follow your doctor's instructions and give the xanax a chance to work. The drowsiness should go away after a while. Just trust your doctor and take his advice. Hope you feel better soon hun.
sadwone
sadwone
Xanax is one of the best things that I have found for my anxiety. If your doctor has allowed you to go higher then 0.5 mg, then maybe it would be worth a try. One of the things about Xanax is it is very fast acting. usually you will begin to feel the effects in 15 minutes, it tends to peak at two hours and then be moving out of your system by the fourth hour. So if it does make you tired, it shouldn't last too long and you will know to lower the dose.