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withdrawals???lexapro
i have decided to stop taking lexapro after a year b/c of side effects. i was taking 20mg lowered it to 10 and i have gotten down to 5mg this week. a few days of taking only 5mg has made me really dizzy i have also been really irritable which turns into anger and then i cry. the things im getting mad and upset are about arent even anything serious i feel like an emotional wreck. are these withdrawal symptoms??? how long does it take for them to subside. i still have to go down 5 more mg to be off. please any advice?? also has anyone tried light therapy??
I read and know many people who have complained that weaning themselves off the meds with their doctors care is typically worse then the side effects of starting the drug in the first place. As a result, they go back on the drug because they can't endure the nasty withdrawl side effects even the doctors say it will go away, eventually.
oh yah dani i am taking buspar for anxiety. i've been on it for a month and it works pretty good. no side effects. says it doesnt help for depression though. but thats why i was asking about the light therapy. heard that works
i am 25. lexapro has helped me soo much dani. it was just the side effects that bothered me. i guess everyone is different so maybe it will be good for u. my side effects were no energy. i could sleep all the time. the doc said to take them at night but it didnt matter when i took them. i was still tired. i have gained over 45 lbs in a year and a half. no matter what i do it doesnt come off. i'm still gaining. just more slowly now. and i dont have the urge to have sex and when i do i cant orgasm.
u know now that i think about it at first when i started it i was up talking non stop talking to my fiance at night. i couldnt sleep. i used to lay in bed and talk and talk and thats when i took it in the morning. then awhile later i noticed that i was tired all the time. it felt like i had done so much the day before. like my body was tired. so thats when my doc asked me to take it at night. only i was still tired no matter when i took it. it was hard to stay up late at all. i couldnt keep my eyes open and hard to wake up in the morning for work. but i dont think it was like that until sometime around a year. but i did gain the weight throughout the whole time.
jenn1fer are u taking anything else or switching to anything? im thinking i might not be ok without something. these withdrawls scare me. esp since they are so non existant to doctors. but im glad me and u arent crazy and that this is normal.
u know now that i think about it at first when i started it i was up talking non stop talking to my fiance at night. i couldnt sleep. i used to lay in bed and talk and talk and thats when i took it in the morning. then awhile later i noticed that i was tired all the time. it felt like i had done so much the day before. like my body was tired. so thats when my doc asked me to take it at night. only i was still tired no matter when i took it. it was hard to stay up late at all. i couldnt keep my eyes open and hard to wake up in the morning for work. but i dont think it was like that until sometime around a year. but i did gain the weight throughout the whole time.
jenn1fer are u taking anything else or switching to anything? im thinking i might not be ok without something. these withdrawls scare me. esp since they are so non existant to doctors. but im glad me and u arent crazy and that this is normal.
If you dont mind, how old are you? I'm 39...... I'm really hoping Lexapro helps me with anxiety and
some slight depression. It's hard just waiting to see if the side effects subside. I am driving my
poor family crazy!!! Do you have anything good to say about Lexapro??
some slight depression. It's hard just waiting to see if the side effects subside. I am driving my
poor family crazy!!! Do you have anything good to say about Lexapro??
Its so strange that this effects everyone so different. We just have to hang in there! I was on Celexa
for a few months for post partum and had no side effects, starting it or coming off of it!
for a few months for post partum and had no side effects, starting it or coming off of it!
I am currently tapering off Lexapro myself, so I'm not on the other side yet. I have been on 5mg for 2 weeks down from 10mg (for a year). I wanted to let you know that I have been EXTREMELY angry, agitated, and could cry at all times. So, just wanted you to know that you're not crazy and hopefully these withdrawals will eventually subside. Also, my family doc said that Lexapro doesn't have withdrawal symtoms and that is why he prescribes it...ha! It amazes me how uninformed most docs are...I'm going to see a psychiatrist about the "tapering" next week. I'll keep you posted...
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