Today is day 16 on Lexapro. As stated previously I was taking 10mg Lexapro within few hours of Omeprazole (PPI) and that might have potentated the dosage of Lexapro by as much as 50%. By September 9th I was starting to feel emotionally "numb" however on September 11th I decided for the convenience sake to seperate the dosage of Lexapro and Omeproazole by 12 hours apart.
On September 13th I started to feel a bit of an unease that grew and grew then on September 15th I got a feeling of "crawling out of my skin" and high amounts of energy and massive anxiety. On the 16th the anxiety started to abate. Now is September 18th and the anxiety has abated by 70% as compared to September 15th and so did the energy. But I still feel anxious and I still worry about the things I used to worry about (GED). So now my question is:
If indeed the Omeprazole increased the effective dosage of Lexapro by let say 40% so the 10mg seemed like 14mg then that would explain the "numb" feeling. But it appears that now the 10mg feels like 10mg. So did anyone of you felt like a higher dose made you numb and the lower dosage (10mg) didn't really help?
I would rather have the 10mg work since it's less likely that I will gain weight at 10mg as opposed to 15mg.
Is that a withdrawl symptom? I didn't really have any side effects when I first started taking this medication so this is quite new. Does this means that my body is now thinking that I have reduced the dosage or does this means that Lexapro is finally working? I thought I felt calmer last week then I am feeling this week and especially right now.
If it is a reduction in dosage then does the body normalizes? Will I feel more calm again or do I have to go back to higher effective dosage of Lexapro in order to get back into the calmer range? How long will it take to normalize?
On September 13th I started to feel a bit of an unease that grew and grew then on September 15th I got a feeling of "crawling out of my skin" and high amounts of energy and massive anxiety. On the 16th the anxiety started to abate. Now is September 18th and the anxiety has abated by 70% as compared to September 15th and so did the energy. But I still feel anxious and I still worry about the things I used to worry about (GED). So now my question is:
If indeed the Omeprazole increased the effective dosage of Lexapro by let say 40% so the 10mg seemed like 14mg then that would explain the "numb" feeling. But it appears that now the 10mg feels like 10mg. So did anyone of you felt like a higher dose made you numb and the lower dosage (10mg) didn't really help?
I would rather have the 10mg work since it's less likely that I will gain weight at 10mg as opposed to 15mg.
Is that a withdrawl symptom? I didn't really have any side effects when I first started taking this medication so this is quite new. Does this means that my body is now thinking that I have reduced the dosage or does this means that Lexapro is finally working? I thought I felt calmer last week then I am feeling this week and especially right now.
If it is a reduction in dosage then does the body normalizes? Will I feel more calm again or do I have to go back to higher effective dosage of Lexapro in order to get back into the calmer range? How long will it take to normalize?