After 6 weeks lexipro and no improvement, what more did your drs do to improve anxiety?

I’m so discouraged. Wondering if anyone has any other need added to their lexipro that helped. I talk to the psychiatrist today. Anxious to see what he says. I’m so fearful of being resistant to anti depressants and having to live life this way.

[lillyofthevalley37]

You have been put on lots of serotogenic drugs which you haven't responded to which suggests you don't need serotonin and instead you may need the opposite which is dopamine ? Other than that you may be lacking hormones ?

[lillyofthevalley37 in reply to lillyofthevalley37]

I guess I should expand on that -

You see when someone goes to their GP saying they are depressed their GP doesn't test their serotonin levels or dopamine levels their go to default prescription is an SSRI which increases serotonin

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Thank you. I will research this.

[JP8810]

Buspirone and Quietipine are pretty good at treating anxiety symotoms.

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I’m on buspirone and if it’s helping,it’s subtle. My psych wants to get me off it eventually.

[Agora1]

Hi Nkflowerlover what did your psychiatrist have to say to you today?

With Lexapro (which I am on) If the dosage was changed during that 6 week

period, add on another week or two for it to reach full efficacy.

I was started on my med in the hospital and was given it with lunch every day.

The nurses saying it works better with food and helps disperse it throughout the

system. When my dosage was later increased, there was a few symptoms that crept

in but worked itself out in a week or so.

I feel there is something that works for everyone. It's a matter of trial and error with

finding the right medication, dosage as well as the correct time of day to take it.

Don't give up my friend. xx

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Thank you. So i was on 20mg Lexipro from start to finish. 6 weeks. Today he decided to put me back on Cymbalta which i had been on for decades and last year thought it wasn’t working as well. (Probably the pandemic) and other heavy life issues hit last year too. Since, I’ve tried Prozac, Pristiq and lexipro, I’ve been worse. I had a different psychiatrist at the beginning that didn’t give me much confidence. This psychiatrist thinks maybe the Cymbalta is my baseline.? Maybe the circumstances of life were too much for me. So i am going back on. There’s also the possibility of adding Wellbutrin or Abilify later. I’m just impatient. Hate waiting 6 weeks per drug. Thanks for your input.