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Originally Posted by jca1928  i had posted earlyer that i'm going to start the pretaper for the road back program i'm having one of those nights ware i can;t sleep and was thinking about ware it says in chapter 14 about being off the meds for more than 7 days and being close to point of no return when going back on. so ok i went off of lexapor 5mg with a realy quick taper 18 days by my dr advice.(after being on it for ten months) was off of it for 10 days got all the realy nasty side efects. then was put on efexor xr 37mg was on that for a litle over three weeks witch i would have to say were the worst three weeks of my life. now iv'e been taking (generic) celexa 10mg for last 7 weeks or almost 7 weeks. wich all my head aches and brian zap blured vision ect are gone. just that i'm so damn tired all the time doesn't seem to matter how much sleep i get. i have to force my self to get out of bead and to work every day. i'm wondering if maby i hit the piont of no return i'm stuck to stick it out for the 12 to 18 months ive read about. though it does say in that chapter to start the pretaper any way. and that it mite take longer to see a change. wich i'm going to do. just wondering if ive got my self painted into a corner here.  the other thing iwas wondering about was i remeber reading something a wile ago about turning the lex pills into liquid form to help with tapering will this work with celexa and how do you do it. i was looking for it today and didn't come across it yet. there are defintley alot of posts on here. though the road back program does say to use a compund pharmace i'm not to sure ther is one around ware i live. most are the kinds that you find at your local crocery store. so most likely i'm going to have to do the 5% cut in the doses my self.  i'm sort of at that point ware ive been through so much hell that i'm realy scared to make another wrong move. i realy think at this point that if some thing hapend like when i went off the lexapro and went on to the efexor xr just couldn't take it my body is so worn out from this ********************. i realy think i would down for the count so to speek. as always thanks for reading and any help you can give AJ |
It is generally six weeks after being off a SSRI that you cannot reinstate. You were not off for that period. I think all the symptoms are still lexapro withdrawal. You changed to
effexor and then to celexa, that would still equal lexapro withdrawal.
You can crush the celexa and mix in juice to taper. The directions are printed here several times under my posts so look up my posts and you will see the directions printed at least a dozen times.
I DO NOT recommend using a compounding pharmacy........... by FDA they are ALLOWED BY LAW a 15% fluctuation in the mixing formula so the amounts in each capsule are NOT accurate enough for lexapro tapering.
Many have switched to the liquid without any ill effects. I do think the liquid is a lot more precise then the compounding of lexapro. Check with the pharmacy and find out about the FDA allowed measuring of doses AND THE 15% VARIANCE. I got my daughter's lexapro compounded so she would not have to take the liquid overseas and I was disappointed because one is a state of withdrawl everyday due to the various amounts of lexapro in the capsules.....not something anyone would want to do on vacation!
Think about this, if you should only taper by 5% of your current dose and the compounding pharmacy is allowed a 15% margin of error...........................what does that spell?? TO ME IT SAYS DO NOT HAVE LEXAPRO COMPOUNDED.
You should NOT CUT YOUR DOSE OF CELEXA again until you feel completely well for three to four weeks after the ordeal you have put the neurotransmitters thru with quitting lexapro, then switching to effexor then to celexa. You will only take two steps backwards by speeding up the tapering process. Wait until you feel stable on the celexa, that may take a month depending on your body. I am NOT a doctor so please check with a physician before following any advice given on the internet.
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