Lexapro side effects

[R1300188]

I'm 18 year old i have been taking lexapro 20 mg for 11 months its worked great for my anxiety but I recently stop cold turkey 2 days ago I am have some hallucinations, anxiety, scared and like always terrified ad jumpy I cant sleep when i do i have nightmares im really sensitive to touch andbi scared to leave my living room because its the closest exit really don't know what to do like I feel this isn't normal a when I was on it I gained no weight I had terrible headaches everyday all day, locked jaw, couldn't concentrate and no motivation help anyone I would really appreciate it also I only have 8 pills left as my doc is an idiot and told me there were no side affects and it takes weeks to get ahold of him and now I'm in my room in a ball at 4 am trying to find help online

[R1300188]

Thank you and j will

[nursegirl6572]

Hello there!

It's very unfortunate that your doctor told you to stop taking the medication abruptly.  These meds should almost always be slowly tapered off, as there are some symptoms involved with stopping quickly.

Can you try to find a new doctor?  That would be your best bet...if you can do that fairly quickly, a new doc may be able to get youi back on a lower dose, then give you instructions on how to taper down.  A psychiatrist would be the best bet.

Sorry you're going through this.  Let us know how you're doing and if you managed to find a new doc, okay?