Hi everyone. I have been on 10 mg Lexapro since January. I had a bit of a breakdown today... work stress finally got to be too much for me and I gave my two weeks notice and then spent the afternoon unable to stop crying (and I'm normally not a crier).

I went to a doctor this afternoon (emerg b/c my doc wasn't available until Tuesday). He ordered me to stay away from work tomorrow and do some non-work-related things because he is worried about my mental health.

So, he suggested that I should increase my Lexapro to 20 mg. He said that the side effects I have been getting from it (brain fog and ADD-like symptoms -- trouble focusing, feeling disorganized, feeling hyper, having sudden dips in mood [going into a black hole] every afternoon around 2pm) were signs that I was on too low a dose. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm afraid that if I up my dose those things will just get WORSE. He said the opposite is true. Does anyone have any experience with this?

I'm meeting with someone who may have a new job offer for me next week. I'm worried about changing meds (don't want to get worse) because I want the meeting to go well. I'm also worried, however, about keeping my dose at the current level because the doctor thinks I need an increase to snap me out of this crying jag/freak out I'm going through.