I went cold turkey 1 week ago and the brain zaps are driving me insane also...they literally make me vomit they happen so often. The irritability does not bode well when you are a student teacher in a special educaiton classroom when patience is clearly necessary.
I also felt like I wasnt functioning well, always yawning and sleeping. My husband would get up at 4a and go to bed at 11p later that same day and I would be the one who was exhausted....he became very unhappy with that all the time. My mom recently started on
Lexapro also, mainly because i suggested it to her and she has been complaining of lacking ambition! She is always asleep when I call her, no matter the time of day. Its crazy! Lexapro should post that information somewhere!
Anyway, good luck to you all, I refuse to give in and start back on lexapro, so I am dealing with the side effects....
Oh, by the way...My doctor did recommend that I break my 10mg tablets in half doing so for about 2-3 weeks and then still using only 5mg take them only every other day for a couple of weeks and then every third....unfortunatly I am way to impatient and decided to just go cold turkey.