Dear Peace:

I am sorry to read that you are not doing well.

You wrote that you were prescribed “anxiety tablets  (escitalopram)” – escitalopram, known in the US as Lexapro is not an anxiety tablet but an antidepressant of the most commonly prescribed SSRI group. It is considered way preferable and safer than anti-anxiety medications.

You should contact the doctor who prescribed it to you and let him/ her know of you feeling sick and more anxious as a result. The doctor may lower the dosage or prescribe you another SSRI anti-depressant, or not prescribe you anything at all. You are the one to decide if and what kind of psychiatric medication you want to take.

Please let me know if you make this call, what happens next and how you feel!

anita