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Originally Posted by agent007  i have been on lexapro for 3 years for anxiety and thought recently that i no longer needed it. I weaned off of it from 10 to 5mg for 1 month then stopped. I had nausea, diarreah, sweats, etc. and realized it was withdrawal. So i went back to 5mg but then had palpitations so i went back to 10 and stabalized. More recently (a week ago) my psych wanted me to go back to 5mg so i did. 4 days later i am having weird dreams, bad thoughts about death, shaking, shivering, nausea, loss of apatite, and fear. He put me back up to 10mg 2 days ago.
MY QUESTION: how many days back on 10 mg will it take for these symptoms to go away? |
I have just started 10mg of Lexapro daily and i find it is helping with my anxiety attacks and my depression. the only side effect so far is a little weight gain. i don't know what the long term side effects will be. can i ask why you want to stop the drug? did it stop working??