Is it normal to feel worse after increasing dose?
I went from 10mg to 15mg about 4 days ago and it has been absolute hell. When i first started i obviously had the initial side effects where i felt worse for 3 weeks but then it started to really help with my ocd and depression but it wasn’t doing enough for my anxiety so i recently asked to increase. Is it the same as when first starting out and it will level out again, or should i go back down to 10?
I’ve been feeling extremely depressed, overwhelmed, stressed out and brain foggy, stress eating, picking at my skin, feelings of hopelessness and despair, wanting to cry but can’t. When i was on 10mg i didn’t gain weight and it actually helped me to lose weight because i used to stress eat before i was on any meds. But I kinda just feel like my old self rn but worse. I also have adhd and I’ve been so unmotivated i dont even wanna do the things I’m interested in rn. Also my room looks like a garbage dump it has somehow accumulated so much stuff over just a few days and i don’t wanna do anything about it but its stressing me out and making me feel worse. And I’ve been sleeping 10-12 hours.
Posted Jul 9, 2025, 4:25 AM UTC · edited