Have you ever felt like your dose was too high?

 

I was on 20 mgs but I just felt like it was too much.  I would feel extremely angry and agitated on 20 mgs and I just couldn't settle, which weren't the side effects I felt when I first started the medication.  It felt like my head was sweling and maybe just felt like too much meds?  I wasn't anxious at all but I was severely tempermental and on edge, snapping about every little thing.  (and no I wasn't pms'n LOL)

 

Does that make sense or am I imagining things?

 

I lowered it to 15 mgs and now I feel a lot better.  I couldn't walk for days when I was on 20 mgs.  Has anyone ever had severe leg pain from the Lexapro dose being too high?

 

The leg pain has subsided since I lowered my dose.  Maybe it's all in my head?

 

I don't have to take the Ativan as much now that I've upped my dose from 10 mgs which was what I started with.

 

I used to have to take it when I woke up first thing in the morning because I'd be so anxious but now I feel I don't need it until later in the day, which is what my doctor wanted me to do.  She only wants me to take the Ativan "as needed" but I still take it once a day, rather than twice a day.

 

I never realized how little Ativan helps when you start panicking tho, because I started having a panic attack the other day at a Chinese restaurant with my sister and had just taken the Ativan an hour prior and it did nothing to feel a full blown panic attack.

 

Oi.

 

Twiggygal~

 

Sorry I have so many questions.. heh

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If a lower dose works ok then it seems pointless to take more. No leg pain and less ativan would seem like a good step forward.

 

Don't forget to tell your doctor of your findings.

 

 

 

 

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The mind is like a parachute - It works better when it's open.

 

I was more on edge on the higher dose but 10 mgs was not enough and I was still anxious.

 

15 seems like the perfect dose.

 

Twiggygal~

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