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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
SWITCHING FROM LEXAPO TO PROZAC PLEASE HELP
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
SWITCHING FROM LEXAPO TO PROZAC PLEASE HELP
by cocoahead, Apr 10, 2006 12:00AM
have been on 10-20 mg lexapro for 11 months tha 10 didnt seem to do the complete job, but the 20 made me feel like i was going to come out of my skin. so to make a long story short i ask my very wonderful and smart family dr. if i could switch prozac, as i was on it about 10 years ago and did very well. and he said lets give it a try if it did well before it probably will again...even though he is not a physciatrist whom specializes in these drugs i do trust him so if he made a mistake on the adjustment i would surely not blame him. any ways he said to stop the lexapro for 2 days and start the prozac 20mg so that is what i did i feel very WRONG i feel buzzing feelings in different parts of my body i feel like my whole body is shakeing if i sit still i feel like i am vibrateing, any thoughts or ideas on this would be so welcome, i just want to go to bed and hide from it, but i know that is not the answer, besides how can you hide from your self??!! is it the absence of the lexapro that cause this? or the prozac doing it??? help leslie
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Apr 13, 2006 12:00AM
, Apr 13, 2006 12:00AM
It is recommended that you go off the lexapro over a three week period, gradually reducing the dose so that in the third week you are taking smallest dose every third day...then stop. that is what is causing these symptoms...they are very commonn withdrawal symptoms.
Member Comments (2)
by enaj, Apr 11, 2006 12:00AM
It's probably getting off the first medication. Call your doctor and let him know what's going on.
