
Hi,
I’ve been dealing with PTSD since 2004. My first anxiety and panic attacks started when my mom and younger brother who lived with me and never separated even during war time. Then the rest of my brothers and sisters were moving away. I felt alone and scared.
I don’t have pleasant past. I’ve seen too much at a young age.
When I am traveling, I feel ok and forget about my mental health issues but lately I’ve hardships can’t travel nor have the energy to even go out of the house.
My anxiety took revenge me this past October. It hit really hard with an imaginable fear. Devastating and overwhelming day and night.
I was prescribed Escitalopram 10 mg. It worked well for 2 weeks then back to square one. I upped my dose to 15. Same thing happened. After 2 weeks I am back with fear and anxiety but not like before. I kept upping my dose with Dr. supervision. Now I am at 25 mg but don’t see any improvements accept for panic attacks and anxiety aren’t as bad but I feel they are getting worse everyday.
Is this normal? Should I continue with this medication? Should I up my dose again?
I told my doctor I want to do that in hopes that it could help but he warned me of serotonin syndrome. It didn’t make sense to me because if I am still feeling symptoms then that means my serotonin levels are still low. Please help.
Thank you.
I’ve been dealing with PTSD since 2004. My first anxiety and panic attacks started when my mom and younger brother who lived with me and never separated even during war time. Then the rest of my brothers and sisters were moving away. I felt alone and scared.
I don’t have pleasant past. I’ve seen too much at a young age.
When I am traveling, I feel ok and forget about my mental health issues but lately I’ve hardships can’t travel nor have the energy to even go out of the house.
My anxiety took revenge me this past October. It hit really hard with an imaginable fear. Devastating and overwhelming day and night.
I was prescribed Escitalopram 10 mg. It worked well for 2 weeks then back to square one. I upped my dose to 15. Same thing happened. After 2 weeks I am back with fear and anxiety but not like before. I kept upping my dose with Dr. supervision. Now I am at 25 mg but don’t see any improvements accept for panic attacks and anxiety aren’t as bad but I feel they are getting worse everyday.
Is this normal? Should I continue with this medication? Should I up my dose again?
I told my doctor I want to do that in hopes that it could help but he warned me of serotonin syndrome. It didn’t make sense to me because if I am still feeling symptoms then that means my serotonin levels are still low. Please help.
Thank you.