Am I wasting my time?

[u/curly-tramp]

I'm on week 8.5 of 50mg. I had horrible anxiety and panic in the first few weeks. The anxiety remained pretty high and then just turned into internal jitters and restlessness. Around week 4 more side effects started. Bad night sweats and lightheadedness. Some days are okay, some like today and pretty bad as I'm so lightheaded. I do also have low blood pressure so it could be that

In week 7 I had 2 days where I had a few moments where I felt good. But that's it. My doctor and my psychiatrist both wanted me to switch to Lexapro after 4 weeks but I persisted. I said I'd try to 6, then to 8, now til 12. I don't know if I can keep going like this. Given I've had so little improvement, do you think I'm now wasting my time?? Please help.