[nickylove]

hi everyone:
i just got into reading messages in this forum by chance and i feel totally lucky
i have been on lexapro for one year and i am trying to get off of it for the past few weeks. i am 5 months pregnant and eventhough my obgyn recommends to stay on this medication, i really feel awful feeding my baby any kind of drugs. i originally started with 5 mg and went higher to 10 and went back down to 5 and have been on 2.5 for the last few weeks. i just stopped taking the 2.5 for the past couple of days and have really bad head-aches and awful fatigue in all my body. first, i though it is because i am preganant and i should feel this way and after talking to my doctor, he just told me there is no such thing as "lexapro withdrawal" and i should probably go back on it if i want to feel better.
i just held back since i feel awfully guilty feeding my baby chemicals, and somehow found this website full of people experiencing lexapro withdrawal.
i too think that everyone should gradually get off this medication but dont know how to do it!!!!!
is there anyone with similar background could help me with my dilemma. i dont want to rely on my obgyn since he is very much liberal in things like this and i am more conservative. i appreciate any kind of reply.
thanks a bunch.
nickylove

[stacieb]

Okay I am new and will figure this posting message thing out
I was put on zoloft first, then lexapro for about 2 years now. I like ed have restless legs at nighttime, and if I slept a whole night through without going to the bathroom, having hot flashes, or restlessness, I would faint!!! Not to mention never emptying my blatter or bowls anyone else have that problem? I have a 4 year old girl and my husband and I are trying for a second one[:I] When i went off the pill to concieve my first it only took like a month, we have been trying for like 4 months now. I wonder if it has to do with the lexapro? Today will be my first day w/o it, i have in the past forgot to take it and had the strangest feelings like an electric charge in my finger tips. Do i sound silly? Hope to hear from some of ya'll I need all the words of encouragement I can recieve, I am going to go cold turkey, and deal with a 4 y/o, I swear the 3's & 4's are the WORST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Toodles

Stacie b
jsburcham@woh.rr.com

[auntybiotic]

Nickey and Stacy,

Lexapro withdrawals can be pretty tough and lasts for several months. You may want to buy White Chestnut Bach Flower Essence Drops for the anxiety and restless legs. $ drops 4X a day are the directions. These essences are all natural and are sometimes given to babies.

It sounds to me that you both are tapering too fast. 10% should be the most to taper and then stay at that dose for 3 to 4 weks until you stabilize. You may notice naseau, dizziness, sinus congestion, head electric zaps, horrible nightmares, severe stomach cramping and bloating. Let us know how you are after two weeks into the taper or without lexapro. It usually takes 7 to 14 days to really notice a reaction.

aunty

[auntybiotic]

quote:Originally posted by auntybiotic

Nickey and Stacy,

Lexapro withdrawals can be pretty tough and lasts for several months. You may want to buy White Chestnut Bach Flower Essence Drops for the anxiety and restless legs. 4 drops 4X a day are the directions. These essences are all natural and are sometimes given to babies.

It sounds to me that you both are tapering too fast. 10% should be the most to taper and then stay at that dose for 3 to 4 weks until you stabilize. You may notice naseau, dizziness, sinus congestion, head electric zaps, horrible nightmares, severe stomach cramping and bloating. Let us know how you are after two weeks into the taper or without lexapro. It usually takes 7 to 14 days to really notice a reaction.

aunty

[stacieb]

Aunt where would I found those drops and will they effect me soon. I am having the electric zaps that are horrible and have had them steady for a week.

quote:Originally posted by auntybiotic

Nickey and Stacy,

Lexapro withdrawals can be pretty tough and lasts for several months. You may want to buy White Chestnut Bach Flower Essence Drops for the anxiety and restless legs. $ drops 4X a day are the directions. These essences are all natural and are sometimes given to babies.

It sounds to me that you both are tapering too fast. 10% should be the most to taper and then stay at that dose for 3 to 4 weks until you stabilize. You may notice naseau, dizziness, sinus congestion, head electric zaps, horrible nightmares, severe stomach cramping and bloating. Let us know how you are after two weeks into the taper or without lexapro. It usually takes 7 to 14 days to really notice a reaction.

aunty

[auntybiotic]

Stacieb,

I ordered mine at the Vitamin Shoppe, but you can also order them online. Google: Bach Flower Essence. The one that you want is White Chestnut. They help anxiety, mania and restlessness due to withdrawaling.

The ZAPS are usually due to tapering too fast and the neurotransmitters in the brain are misfiring. Most will go back to their previous dose of Lexapro and wait until they stabilize and then reduce by no more then 5% of their dose by using lexapro liquid and a measuring dropper with Ml/Mg, measurements.

What was your tapering schedule. Did you notice the ZAPS about the 7th to 14th day after you cut your dose??
aunty

[stacieb]

I noticed the zaps immediatley, they are not as bad now I haven't taken anything for them but I have thought about going back on lexapro but I didn't. I found that when I get the zaps if I eat or drink something with sugar they go away. Thanks for your help

quote:Originally posted by auntybiotic

Stacieb,

I ordered mine at the Vitamin Shoppe, but you can also order them online. Google: Bach Flower Essence. The one that you want is White Chestnut. They help anxiety, mania and restlessness due to withdrawaling.

The ZAPS are usually due to tapering too fast and the neurotransmitters in the brain are misfiring. Most will go back to their previous dose of Lexapro and wait until they stabilize and then reduce by no more then 5% of their dose by using lexapro liquid and a measuring dropper with Ml/Mg, measurements.

What was your tapering schedule. Did you notice the ZAPS about the 7th to 14th day after you cut your dose??
aunty