I am a lexapro success story! I started a few months ago and tried to take full dose right away--side effects were so horrible all I could do was lie in bed--I was exhausted and dizzy and a bit nauseous. I stopped because I actually thought I might have covid. I didn't...so I asked my gp if I could "ween" up so the side effects wouldn't be so bad--so I did that--during that time I had like 3 days of complete and total relaxation--brain wasn't hyper-focused on anything. it was heaven.....then I was back to being exhausted and just watching netflix every day---and it took some time--but I finally got to a spot where there is no excess anxiety running around in my brain....I can sleep up to 11 hrs sometimes--and yep I am a little tired sometimes---but totally worth it to me....I just go to bed early!! I am loving this lexapro...because just a few months ago all I could do was worry and cry...now I am functioning--can do things---and even if I get a little nervous I can just push through it.

Thank you hypergal.
I am on 10mg. I am struggling through this. How long did it take you to start feeling the effects.? I’m glad you are in a good spot at the moment. I pray it will happen to me soon. I need to be happy again. Another thing, we are taking my 88 year old dad from his home in Florida to an assisted living in Louisiana where I live. It is a major ordeal. Maybe that is what is holding my progress back. I just don’t know anymore.

I'm clueless on the Lexapro, but I have some clues on the stresses involved in that move from Florida to Louisiana. That is ALLOT to process under any conditions. Be gentle with all players and patient with the process. That is a complex weave and it will be hard to know what is what until after the proverbial dust settles.

Steadying support while you work it through.

Yes, it does take a while to kick in, but it does eventually. My doctor prescribed Buspirone in combination with it, and that seemed to help quite a bit. Also, be VERY careful not to ever quit Lexapro cold-turkey, the side effects of doing so are very bad.

Just hang in there.

Thanks Brooklyn.
Not even thinking of getting off, just ready to be feeling normal. But I know what your saying I heard elsewhere that you should never do that. No cold turkey.. if it takes this long to work I must take awhile to wean off.

Take time to process the changes for your dad moving from Florida to Louisiana. That's a huge project for you and your dad both.

Best wishes with the changes!

I am not a doctor but 10mg sounds like a very small dose. Perhaps that's why it hasn't been helping (yet)?

I know it's difficult, but hang in there and you should see more of the benefits of it very very soon. Yes, it can take about 4 weeks, but that is just a general rule. Do you feel anything at all, any better? Keeping a journal now would be a good idea and write down each day how you are feeling.... feeling on the medication and with other family things going on.

I do know someone on 10 mgs of Lexapro and they feel great every day. I don't actually know how long it took to kick in, I want to guess about 3 weeks??

I hope all goes well with your Dad.

I should have been keeping a journal. I will start now.. with this foggy head I seem to forget.
Thanks for your kind words.

You will make it! Just think, each day you are one day closer to finally feeling the benefits of the Lexapro. It's not fair that it takes so long to work!!!

Yes, journaling will help with a lot of things. Just write write write everything you are feeling and going through and just let it all out.

And hey, it's Day 17 today! You're almost there.... somewhere around 3-4 weeks you will be feeling better, so that's in only a few more days, you are almost there, yay! :)

I had to work up to the full dose because of the side effects---so it took longer to kick in---but I had like 3 days of absolute bliss in maybe the third week--and that kept me going for another 3 weeks until I began to really see it working....it was so funny because lexapro definitely made me completely unmotivated for awhile--but it dawned on me that this was relaxation--like normal people feel--not the usual manic need to do something and keep busy....lol..