Should I Expect to Experience Side Affects From an Antidepressant After Increasing the Dose?

Question by holbab: should i expect to experience side affects from an antidepressant after increasing the dose?
i have been on lexapro going on 7 weeks, the side affects eventally subsided and i was feeling better, but not quite as well as i expected, the doc increased me to fifteen and again i seem to be extreamly tired again, and just overall weirdness, and anxiousness. should i expect to feel these side affects once again after increasing the dose? i am on lexapro. thanks for your help!

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Answer by Collette
yes you should. expect more tolerance build up and dependency. sorry. no dr should be prescribing you antidepressants without either giving you therapy himself or referring you to a therapist for talk therapy. because he will just keep upping the dose and adding in other drugs when this dose stops working too.

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