Lexapro withdrawal side effects how long
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That way he can take you off the drug safely with no side-effects, if you choose to discontinue it. Better to be safe than feel like crud. If Lexapro works well for you, I would see no reason to stop taking it, since obviously you have symptoms of anxiety and depression when you are not on it.
Hope you feel better soon.
I took one Lexapro a month ago. Severe symptoms, couldn't eat or sleep for 4 days, terrible depression, anxiety hundreds of times worse than what I took the 10mg pill for. Obsessing about suicide. Doctor says side effects don't last that long. Still having trouble sleeping, eating, I don't know if I'm going to get through this. Does it ever go away? Where can I go? Who knows anything?
Compared to some other antidepressants, Lexapro is associated with relatively fewer side effects.
Customized Dosing: Healthcare providers can adjust the dosage to meet the specific needs of each patient.
Easy to Use: Lexapro is typically taken as a simple daily pill, making it convenient for users.
Supportive Therapy: It can be a valuable component of a holistic treatment plan that may include therapy and lifestyle changes.
You say you were on Lexapro for a long time? Is that right? How did you stop taking it, abruptly or a slow taper taking as long as you needed to (here's hoping Lexapro has a liquid, because one of the hard things about only needing such a low dose is it's hard to break pills to do a taper off). I'm asking because some of the effects you're having sound more like withdrawal effects than the usual start-up effects of Prozac.
t start to work for most people until 4-6 weeks, but side effects start right away. If you were having panic attacks before taking Lexapro, you shouldn't have expected it to work so soon. If you weren't, it's a good chance the drug was too stimulating for you at the dose you were given -- usually, psychiatrists taper you up on the drug. But they also taper you off the drug, but after only taking it for three days you shouldn't be having any withdrawal effects.
If this is a side effect of withdrawal, does anyone know how long I can expect this to last? Am I in danger of more side effects to come by quitting "cold turkey". Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I will call my Dr. on Monday, but was hoping to hear from anyone familiar with these symptoms.
There is one problem here you left unadressed. As to your post, we're all different. You're on a therapeutic dose which might be fine for one but not for you, so you can't generalize. It does take about six weeks usually for a drug to fully take effect, but the side effects start right away, and some go away, some don't. Can't generalize there either. But there's another problem in the way you did this.
My son wanted to get off antidepressants so the doctor suggested he go on prozac to counteract the wd from effexor.....(75mg) prozacs half life is 5 weeks , while effexors is less than 24 hours...so it's really hard to go off it especially if you have been on it for a while...even if they lower the dose to wean you it's pretty bad....withdrawal is awful. He's never been on Lexapro so I can't tell you if that will do the same thing...ease the withdrawal.
Does anyone have any ideas that could help ease these side effects or withdrawal? I typically do not do these blog type things- but I figure support of people that know what it's like would be great! In my teens I was on Prozac a couple years & the withdrawal from that was a piece of cake compared to this. Just scared about this situation & would like some positive input- Thanks so much!
Hi guys. I started taking Lexapro for my depression/generalized anxiety disorder about two years ago. For the first year, I took the drug every day as prescribed by the doctor. I didn't get any side effects which I thought was great. The drug wasn't of much help, though. A year ago, I decided to stop taking Lexapro on my own. I tried quitting it cold turkey but I wasn't able to follow through with it because of the withdrawal effects.
changing from SSRI to SNRI usually has its difficulties and you should always consult with your doctor to find the right dose..and no..not everything is in your head..you might actually have different reactions to different meds specially SNRI's..but dont worry..these are safe drugs and wont cause any damage to brain or body.
My Dr said it would last about 10 to 14 days. How long can I expect this to last? I alternated 2.5 mg every other day for a month before stopping completely.
I am also on 150 mg of Welbutrin XL and plan on beginning to stop this as well within the next 60 to 90 days under Dr supervision. I hope this will be easier to deal with during withdraw.
He is very strong and just wants to go forward and not go through this again ( his doctor said the remedy was to get back on the drug) these are the Docs that said he could stop the med all at once with out any side effects. The reason he was put on lexapro was for anxiousness he had alot of major things going on at one time including surgery and he has a clotting disorder and has to be very careful be cause he takes coumadin and has for a long time.
s thru the years (at different times for each), and some were a breeze to start, others had some pretty awful side effects. The good news is...those side effects started improving for me usually by the 2nd week, and once they started getting better, they went away pretty quickly.
Hang in there...keep the line of communication open with your doc and of course, we're here for you too!
it could be a variety of different things, and only time can tell for sure. first, it could be w/d from the xanax. second is that it could be side-effects of your new medication...third is that it could be a combo of the 2....and it could even be from discontinuation of your lexapro, though this wouldn't be likely. why exactly did your doctor change you from lexapro to effexor? was it no longer working? because obviously the xanax w/d's were going to cause some anxiety...
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