I (32F) was diagnosed with depression when I was 14 years. I recently got rediagnosed with major depression disorder and anxiety about 7 months ago following a hospital admission due to the severity of my symptoms. After I was discharged I was put on 10mg of Lexapro and 2 months later it stopped working and was bumped to 15mg, 2 months after that it stopped working and I was tapered off Lexapro and started on Venlafaxine 75mg. The Venlafaxine actually made me feel worse, much worse.
I'm seeing my psychiatrist in 10 days and I still have 2 unopened boxes of 10mg Lexapro and was contemplating whether to try out 20mg and let her know when I see her if this is better, but I also have enough Venlafaxine to attempt a 150mg dose as well. I'm not sure which of the two would be sensible to try but I just wanted advice. I very much intend on changing up with my psychiatrist however, I can't do much until I do and I don't want to be unmedicated for 10 days.
Also, unrelated, 6 days into my 75mg dose of Venlafaxine i lost sensation on the right of my lip which now feels numb all the time, I'm not sure if this is related though.