Hello everyone! I am excited to have found this forum. I am on
Lexapro now... I've been taking 20mg for about two months now. Moved up from 10mg after I was still feeling badly - sad and irritable. Now that I am at 20mg I am desperate to get off of it. I guess I feel okay on the medication but this my 10th year on anti-depressant medication and I worry about the long term effects. I spent the majority of the last 10 years on
Zoloft (from 100 to 200 mg) - when my doctor four months ago said I should move to something "newer and better". My goal is wheen myself off over the next 6 months. I am 30 years old and plan to start trying to have children in the next two to three years. My concerns are not only for myself but for my future children. The few times I've stopped taking the medication I do it cold-turkey. Typically I think I am doing well until my boyfriend (of seven years) points out that my personality has changed (unbeknownst to me â truly) OR scenario two, I start crying uncontrollably everyday. I know that there are definite benefits to getting off the drug - but I worry about the issues that initially made me get on anti-depressants to begin with... what if the irritability and mood swings are still there after I am off of Lexapro six months from now? I guess I can only hope that I am ten years older and wiser and more able to control myself. So... I am happy to be here. I look forward to sharing my experience with you and look forward to receiving insight from your experiences. Again, I am on 20 mg. My goal is to be off by April 1, 2006. I guess I'll do each stage for about six weeks - 20mg to 15mg to 10mg to 5mg. Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts? Good luck to you all!
