can i take lexapro with xanax

Now, I will obviously give it some time since these could just be the withdrawal symptoms of the Lexapro but I of course I am wondering if the Lexapro was helping me and not just making me feel dead in the head. It is so hard to tell what works with these drugs and it is very frustrating. So, anybody out there that is just on a benzo and doing well? Thanks.

Hi I have severe avoidance and anxiety especially when it comes to unknown situations and people. I was prescribed 10mg Lexapro by my GP to take once a day. But I'm scared to take it :( It probably would help me, because currently I'm unemployed and have been for a long time, and constantly trapped in my head by obessive bad thoughts. And I lack motivation and social skills. Should I take the Lexapro? I'm so scared of side effects. I take .

Hang in there. I tapered off of klonopin and xanax about two years ago when I started taking Lexapro 10mg for anxiety. Is your doctor putting you on a SSRI or another drug to try and beat the anxiety? What my doctor did is start me on Lexapro at 5mg per day for a week, then 10mg a week. I started feeling better on week 1 and by week six I was totally awesome.

I havent taken any other brands besides lexapro, welbutrin, zoloft, xanax, ect. Those are the only ones, I can tell you the symptoms I have had. Xanax though, if you take that, it causes you to be really sleepy... I only take it when I have pannick attacks or anxiety attacks really bad... but if you have to get up early in the morning, dont take xanax. Lexapro...it causes weight gain, and I had hard problems trying to wake up or staying awake...

5 MG the other day because i have Panic attacks and hyperventilation syndrome, he told me for the first week to take half of a lexapro pill once a day for 7 days just to get my body adjusted to the medicine and then take 1 full pill a day after that, he also said it would take a while for the lexapro to kick in so he told me to take the xanax incase i have any anxiety problems within the first week... i was wondering if i should be concerned about taking both lexapro and xanax together?

I just spent the last two weeks tapering off Lexapro myself because I had to replace it with another SSRI. (Lexapro stopped working for me) My P-doc was kind enough to give me 30 tablets of Xanax to allow me to sleep at night. You take just one 1MG tablet an hour before bed and I guarentee that you will sleep like a baby the whole night. By morning the Xanax seditive effect is gone and your set to wake up and take on the day.

Now that I am off the lexapro I just feel wierd. I am still taking xanax and just wondering if that is what is making me not feel like myself. Like i just feel as if i dont care about anything or anyone. and just act cocky. I am never like this and just need some advice on what is going on.

I was taking xanax for panic.3-4 mg a day for almost 5 months.Started panicking when i took myself off my 20mg a day of lexapro.Went back on lexapro and xanax as a "emergency"medicine.I told my doc that the xanax was losing its effectiveness.So he weaned me off using librium.Changed my antidepressant to effexor.Now i feel shaky and terrible most of the time.After almost a month off the xanax.Havent been able to work.Alll i want is to feel normal again.Anyone been through this?

my doctor wants to put me on lexapro. What are the side effects, how does it benefit i also take xanax for panic i also have problems with heart pvc's pac's and svt. will lexapro aggravate them? made the mistake of going online and looking up side effects and it's kind of giving me second thoughts of taking it. would appreciate any answers you have.

50mg of Xanax a day start to wean off of it when I start Lexapro, 10mg. Should I start with 5mg of Lexapro for a week and go down to only .25mg of Xanax for a week? Then increase the Lexapro to the 10mg full dose prescribed to me and start taking the Xanax .25mg every other day for a week- then once every three days? then quit the Xanax. This would allow at least two to three weeks for the Lexapro to get into my system.

I saw my therapist today and she wants me on lexapro for my anxiety. She called the dr I see for meds and told her that she thinks lexapro will help me. My anxiety has gotten really bad to the point that I can't eat and barely sleep. I'm scared to take another med after the bad experience I had with xanax. Has lexapro helped anyone with anxiety? Is it addicting and hard to come off of? I'm very nervouse about taking another med.

So if you are taking Lexapro as I am (1 week) and it is sending me a bit loopy. I am finding hard to be at home alone, relaxed, I'm freaking out a bit, weird thoughts, walls coming in......On a positive I did okay out and about today which is a real victory for me. Anyway, somebody mentioned taking Xanax to counteract the loopy effects of the Lexapro........what's the point? Why not just take the Xanax?

If you do decide to take xanax long-term, I would suggest that you take Xanax XR. It avoids the ups and down of regular Xanax. I have been on it daily for well over a year WITHOUT the need to increase my dose. There was another thread made recently in which the thread starter has been using Xanax daily for 18 years without the need to increase dose.

It has been wonderful, but I still have xanax on hand if I need it. I was on such a low dose of Zoloft at one point that I got his hard with panic and the docs had to up my dose, while I was waiting for it to kick in, I used Xanax 3 times a day. Then because I am a pill phobic, when I felt the Zoloft working better, I slowly backed off the Xanax. If I am having a bad day and am very stressed and feeling anxious I will take a xanax then can go weeks or more without needing it again.

Are you certain about the names of the medications? I have never heard of Xanax given for that indication. Xanax, or 'alprazolam', works at the same receptor in the brain as alcohol does; 0.5 mg three times per day would be quite sedating. If you are correct, though, you can't argue with success! Xanax is given for short-term anxiety treatment. It causes tolerance iand is addictive. The treatment of choice for long-term anxiety disorders is an SSRI like 'lexapro'.

I have been on lexapro for 2 months. I take 10 mg. It seems it isn't working as well lately and I am wondering why? Does anyone else take lexapro for bad anxiety and has anyone else had this? I still get this chest heaviness or tightness it comes and goes of course. It just seems like the 10 mg of lexapro should take it away.

wants me to try xanax alone for anxiety and insomnia,havent slept much in days,xanax .025,which i am afraid to take after a poor experience with Ativan. Nursegirl respect your opinion,dangerous to take xanax even at low dose?

I just want to say that I am trying to get off Lexapro, read my comments on "Lexapro and memory loss" anyways, I am trying to find a better choice...something that works for me and doesn't damage something else...

Has anyone else with avoidance and anxiety had luck with Lexapro? I can take the Xanax but it only helps so much. Thanks.

s no side effect from Lexapro ,just improvement on anxiety and negative thoughts but i hope I will get better fast.So i am on 10 mg of Lexapro,my doc said i must take 20 mg of it but i think its a higher dose and actually i am scared to.Should i take exact dose as my doc said?

I take Lexapro with excellent results along with clonazepam. Lexapro was prescribed for me to take in the morning and it's never made me tired, nor has the clonazepam. But it has helped me immensely! Now is not the time to worry about withdrawal from anything that helps you live your life. I've gone from one anxiety medication to another with no problems, it was done properly and with my doctor's guidance. I feel you will see a big difference.

I took lexapro when I first started meds and it made me tired all the time and memory loss, which I couldnt remember what I did yesterday, type thing. I went from lexapro to welbutrin, then I was taking lexapro and welbutrin... but now the doc has me on Zoloft, which I feel is better for me than lexapro and welbutrin, I just dont like the sexual side affects.. which I cannot enjoy my sexual desires.. but im gonna go back to the doc for that...

The only way that I can get through the day is with the help of xanax. I am just wondering if anyone on this site has tried lexapro and just to see if it worked with anyone. My doctor said that I had GAD so I was just wondering as well what other medications could be suitable for this other than lexapro. I really want something to work because I really want to try to get off the xanax as soon as I can.

this is really the first time i even took them i was always one never to take any meds ive been on lexapro for alil over 3 months i got hungry after take it i couldnt sleep the first week i got the inchs but everything went away after a week does it help gad yes but i have other problems so they might change my meds but i must say since i started it hashelp me alot and has clamed me down alot sorry i took so long to answer if u need someone to talk to feel free to message meill be more then happ

Hey thanks so much for the info. I wondered if maybe I didnt give the Lexapro a fair shot. It was given to me by my Family Doc who said "Here take this". I didnt even know that I could take the Xanax in comjunction with it etc. The Lexapro made me feel like I was on speed, very inhabitious, and I had terrible insomnia. The dosage was 10. I still have a months supply and I wonder if I should just get back on it. Perhaps I will wait until I see the psych on the 21st.

yarrow, Thank you very much for your response. I will take the Xanax and give the Lexapro a try as well, with the understanding that it may take a while to kick in (the Lexapro). I have a follow up with the psychiatrist in 2 weeks and will mention Zoloft (and also, Paxil which I've heard is good) to him if for some reason the Lexapro is not helpful. Much thanks again.

20pm and i feel really Sick (chills,shaking, tightness, tingling the feeling im going to die the pharmacy said to take Benadryl and try to sleep What should i do thanks

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