Depression Support Group

yeah when I work in the medical field we had people build up tolerance to meds all the time they can bump you up to 30mg, cahnge the med all together or try combination therapy

pretty sure 20mg is the STARTING dose for lexapro. have them bump up the dose...that should work....esp. since it's been working well for you. :)

Here is our DS doc's page...she is here to ask these questions...

http://dailystrength.org/component...

I started on 10mg, then upped to 20mg... but my depression cycles and I can tell when I don't need it but they tell me that I shouldn't go on/off as that is like flipping a switch and flip it too many times and it just won't work anymore and every time I go off it is just a matter of time before I crash, so when I am doing good for awhile, I tapper down to 10mg and ramp back up to 20mg if it starts getting a wee too much. Doc's know I do this, it's like a compromise so I won't just stop taking them, made me promise to ramp back up if needed. (After 30+ years of depression cycles up and down, I'm usually aware of it sneaking up again. I just want the bare min. dose neccessary to take the edge off.) I've been on lexapro for a long time... years ago, I was on paxil and hit the wall, just quit working. I think my self-regulating ramping up and weaning down per my own cycles helps prevent building up a tolerance.

Of course, I could just be nuts... and of course, no one else should do this self-regulating thing without your docs approval. My doc doesn't quite approve, but he knows me.

hi there,
i was on lexapro before years ago when i was first depressed,then went on it again when i relasped recently and went up to 30mg but it wasnt working for me so my doctor put me on effexor so hopefully itll work!!

actually a normal max for lexapro is 20mg any higher is a sign that drug is not working.
but in that note if you also have anxiety along with depression they can give you clazepan * dont know if i spelled that right* that is a slow acting anxiety medication that can be pared with lexapro.

i was on it for a month and a half then it didnt work as well.

Hi, great post as I was wondering the same thing. I have been on Lexapro for 9 months on 10mg and felt great for about 6-7 months. I am starting to wonder if it is still working for me and reading about the anxiety mentioned I am starting think maybe I need to go back to the doctor ??

I had the samething happen to me. Was on Lexapro for about 18 months until it just sort of stopped working the last 2 months. So my Dr. prescribed Lamictal to give it an added boost and it did work except the Lexapro killed my libido. So I switched to Effexor and kept on with the Lamictal and it has been great since then. I also take 5HTP which is a natural supplement and that has been a huge help for me also. Hope this helps you.

I was on 20 mg Lexapro for about a year. Worked ok I thought for about 6 months. Then I switched to Celexa mainly because I couldn't afford the Lexapro. Now i am on 60 mg Celexa which works much better than the Lexapro ever did. But everyone is different and you really need to be 100% honest with your doc and tell him/her all of this.