j1091Please share some of your thoughts, The doctors seem to think tapering off by 5 i can off in two weeks after being on for a year. I do not see in any way how this is possible. The withdrawals i have are, headaches, extreme tiredness, dizzy spells, shocks, stomach cramps.. and that just the withdrawal part, never mind all the fun weight gain i had from this drug. i wish I never started. It did help but will i be on this forever?
What is the best way to taper off lexapro?
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- 26 Jan 2012 by j1091
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- lexapro, depression, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, withdrawal, doctor, tapering
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pledge26 Jan 2012
Hello j1091. Welcome to the site. Its amazing how a drug can effect us in such a different way. You'll probably hear from several other members. My suggestion is a very, and I use the word very, gradual taper. If you're at say 15mg, as an example, cut the dose but ever so slightly. take 5mg, slice it in to two, and stay on the 12.5 mg dose for several weeks. Then drop another 2.5 mg or the other half. That will leave you at 10mg. By dropping it only so slightly, your brains chemistry is learning to reboot and learn teach itself to work without its fix which in this case is lexapro. So, having said that, you are the boss, not your doctor. If you feel strongt and think a faster taper is possible, go for it. Its your body, your side effects and at the moment, your misery. Why feel the need to feel bad or ail? When its really not necessary. A major bonus is you can do it from the home. And why not? Good healt, along with wishes to you,pledge
babyr0423
Anonymous 26 Jan 2012
Hi J, how much are you on now? I took Celexa and sister drug Lexapro, and know the withdrawals are really hard. Also why were you put on it in the first place and why going off? I agree with the folks who already answered, slowly at YOUR pace period. Let us know how much and when you take it and maybe I can be of some more help, mindy
1 Feb 2012
Thank you for you responses. Well I started because I was having panic attacks out of no where - )I was working myself dry and until that happened I guess I never realized how important it is to slow down. Plus family issue's I guess it all hit me at once) I started on 10 on lexapro, and clonazapham at .5 at night. To me the clonazphan at night didn't do much because it was the day time that i had all the anxiety. We than increased it to 15 which I felt much better but still was so scared to have another panic attack ( they are so scary, I never realized until I went through one what people meant by them, I always though you can just shake it off. That is def not the case) I than went to 20 but did not like it so went back down to 15 because I felt fine on that and didn't want to take more than i should. i decide to go off the lexapro because I do not want to be on any meds, Before starting this I would have to be in severe pain to even take an advil.
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