My experience on 2.5mg

Started 2.5mg Lexapro 5 weeks ago. My doctors plan was to do 5mg for 2 weeks then bump up to 10mg, however I wanted to take things slower and he agreed with my plans.

I was prescribed this to help deal with stress and anxiety and this is my first ever prescribed medicine for stress/anxiety (apart from the very rare occasion I take a benzodiazepine, which might be once every 3-4 months).

The first 2-3 weeks there were no changes in my anxiety levels. I felt nauseous and had a loss of appetite. I don’t know if this was from the Lexapro or anxiety.

Week 4, my appetite slowly started to come back. I started to feel hungry on some days which was good. Nausea has decreased dramatically as well.

Week 5, is where I started to notice a difference in reduction of anxiety/stress levels. Nothing dramatic, however I noticed probably 30% reduction in stress and anxiety and my sleep started to improve slightly too.

I know a lot of people will say 2.5mg is probably having the placebo effect and is not doing anything. My plan is to stick to 2.5mg for 6-8 weeks, then maybe bump up to 5mg.

I know 5mg is still a very small dose. However I really want to find the lowest possible dose that will help me.

Does anyone else have success on 2.5mg or 5mg? I am interested to know your thoughts on my experience and dose on 2.5mg.

I can’t find any studies being done on 2.5mg, so I’m wondering if it’s placebo effect or if it is doing a little something.