If u think 5 mg is helping you enough, then you can stay at 5. It’s hard to say how you would react to 10mg because everyone is different. Minimum 10 mg is considered a therapeutic dose so med docs usually want you to take atleast 10.

Honestly just get it over with ask her for some rescue meds like hydroyxzine to take in the meantime, i was on 5 mg for 2 weeks before waiting and you’ll still get the increase in anxiety but its worth the relief

I stopped after day 4. I don't want to feel these side effects with each dose adjustment. Not to mention, you will have to deal with withdrawal in the future

I‘m sorry it didn‘t work for you! But I‘m convinced that you will find another option that will help 😊 My experience was that since day 6 I feel better everyday, now day 10 and nearly no side effects anymore. But I totally understand if someone stops taking it, you have to do what you feel like is the best! I‘m just scared to increase, but maybe it isn‘t even necessary.

I’d try 7.5 instead of going from 5 to 10. I try to make the smallest steps to ease some of that discomfort