I need some advise for lexapro withdrawls

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Anyone that replys back will be great. I have a dilemma. I have lexapro withdrawls and have had them for a week. I've been on lexapro for over a year. The past month I took it spiratically and the past week or so I haven't been taking it at all. Well the past week,the withdrawls are unbearable. My stomach felt qweezy, I felt dizzy, electrical brain impulses, shakes, and I cry uncontrolably. I was trying to get off because of the libido and weight gain. I need some advise from someone who has " survived" and lived to tell the tale and could give me some advise. I don't want to talk to the doctor because they tell me you can't get withdrawls from it. Should I go back on the meRAB if it is a life threatening thing going through this?....I know this may sound durab but it is a life threatening thing to do it cold turkey? Would It be bad if I just went back on the meRAB. Someone please help me out, I'm kinda nervous. Thank you for taking the time to listen to me rarable. It's probably not a big deal but I feel crappy. :(
 
I understand that you don't want to speak to your doctor about this, but that's what I would have to recommend. Most medications are started out in smaller dosages, and then built up to, until the threraputic level is reached in your blooRABtream. The same goes for taking you off medications. Stopping medication cold turkey is bound to leave you out of sync, and should be done slowly, a little at a time....to allow your body to adjust. I would call your doctor and explain all this to him/her. Adjusting your own medications is risky at best, and potentially dangerous. I wish you the best!

P.S. I also take lexapro, so I do understand ;)
 
While going off of the meRAB what I did in the past was I cut my dose in half for a week, then a fourth for a week and then I was completely off. It's hard and I am sure that every med is different. Good luck!
 
The reason you are having such bad withdrawals is you quit cold turkey. Not only does that cause horrible side effects,but it also can cause a depression relapse.
Maybe start taking a very low dosage for a few weeks and then SLOWLY cut back.
I , too, recommend talking to a good doctor about this. It's not something to handle yourself.
 
I was on Lexapro for a few months past a year. I decided to take myself off of it in Septeraber, 2008, because I had gained about 10 pounRAB and I always watch my weight and work at keeping myself fit. I was gaining for no reason. I looked it up online and realized it was the Lexapro! It, along with the other meRAB, messes with your metabolism. So I weaned myself off of it in about a week. Yea, a bit too soon, I guess, but I did it that way. I didn't tell the dr. about quitting it because he was not sympathetic with me in the office that one day, about the weight gain. He was like, "So what if you do gain some weight?". GRRR.....

So now it's Deceraber. The withdrawls weren't that bad for me, like some. I cried so easily and was so irritated all the time. I am pretty easy going so that's not me, and I didn't like that. I worked hard at being pleasant. Got past those things, but the anxiety was back. And that's why I was taking it, for panic attacks. It had helped, but the weight thing....eh....

I have been taking herbal remedies and lots of vitamins. Take a good B-Complex and fish oil capsules! These are very important and helps a LOT with the withdrawls. Also, magnesium and calcium.

I have lost the Lexapro weight too. That started coming off pretty quickly after stopping it.

BUT.....a big but, I am going to have to do something, because my anxiety is not going away and it's really messing with me. My Mom passed away last year in Noveraber and after stopping the Lexapro, it's like going through it all again. It didn't stop my pain and anguish over losing her, but it helped with the horrible separation anxiety that I am feeling. That, I don't know what to do about. I am either going to have to start up Lexapro again, or another SSRI, or thinking about trying Buspar again. I dunno.

Back to your question...the withdrawls I felt were the crying and irritated feelings and anxiety. The crying and irritation went away after about a week to a week and a half. The anxiety...still here.
 
Ive tried to go off many times - only to have fallen back into bad depression and panic attacks plus having this werid electric shock through my body, like I was constantly getting the flu....realised Im better on it, so Im staying with it for the time-being. Good luck though :)
 
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