Posted by Arrianna on October 11, 2003, at 0:53:04
In reply to Re: Crossing my fingers!! » Arrianna, posted by Peter on October 10, 2003, at 18:31:16
Peter:
I'm so glad that my post was helpful to you. I completely understand how dibilitating anxiety can be. I, too, and still do at times, suffer the precipatory anxiety. It's really a sad thing that anxiety can cause us to miss out on so much -on life itself!!
For me, it seemed my anxiety significantly improved on Lexapro right away. However, it took a few occasions of being around others before I truly felt comfortable. So, please don't be discouraged if you find yourself uneasy in a social setting at first. Give it another chance before you make up your mind that it's not helping your anxiety. You may just need to keep pushing yourself, and like you said, you'll never know if it's helping your social anxiety unless you test yourself, so to speak.
I'm at the 3month mark of being on 10mg Lexapro now, and some of my anxiety has returned, if not all. It's such a bummer to have been feeling and doing so well only for it to creep back up. Guess it's just time for me to increase my dose to 15mg ~ seems that my body has become more efficient at breaking down the lex, that the 10mg just isn't cutting it anymore.
Hope that this doesn't discourage you either. I was doing significantly well before this. Just wanted to share that I relate to how you feel ~ and that sometimes, we need to change to meet the changes of our bodies ~ and to stay in tune with what our bodies are telling us. (Oh, I've learned and gained so much insight from others on this board!!)
Anyway, Peter, you just keep your head up ~ stay strong ~ and be sure to keep us posted. Thanks for responding back, too. You've been an inspiration to me: how you're hanging in there and going through the process to get where you want to be!!
Good for you!!
Arrianna
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