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The dosage in ml should be the same as in mg. That is 5 ml is equal to 5mg. I decreased my dosage by 10% every three - four weeks. If I traveled, I would go longer not shorter between dosage changes. At the end I didn’t quite stick to the exact schedule. The first time I weaned off, I followed the schedule I will post below. A few years later, I suffered a traumatic loss that caused extreme anxiety, so I started taking Lexapro 10 mg again. When I tried to wean off this time, it caused me to have much more frequent “silent” or what I called “ocular” migraines. I get vision disturbances for about a half hour; sometimes I have a headache, nausea or fatigue but not always. I stopped the taper at 5 mg. Another thing I could have done, as recommended by the website surviving antidepressants is really slow down the taper - maybe 5% every three to four weeks. I am on hold now to see if the migraines might stabilize- they haven’t and it has been almost a year since I stopped at 5 mg. Also if I get a “bad” batch of the generic Lexapro, my migraines will increase to daily or twice daily.
I will make a separate post with my original taper - don’t want to type it all in and have the post rejected for being too long.
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Thanks for your explanation of your tapering journey. I’ll look forward to your post with your original taper.
My medicine dropper holds 1 ml. So 5 droppers equals 5mg lexapro - (half of the 10mg lexapro tablet)?
Is that correct?
I so appreciate your guidance.
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My Original taper from 10mg Lexapro by 10% every three to four weeks, by week
1) 9 ml - in any combination of liquid and pill: I did 5 mg pill and 4 ml liquid.
2) 8.1 ml/mg
3) 7.3
4) 6.6
5) 5.9
6) 5.3 ( I did 5.0 here to simplify things and it worked fine with no side effects)
7) 4.8. ( I did 4.5)
8) 4.3 (I did 4.0)
9) 3.9 (I did 3.5)
10) 3.5 (I did 3.0)
11) 3.2 ( I did 2.5)
12) 2.9 ( I did 2.0)
13) 2.6 ( I did 1.5)
14) 2.3 (I did 1.0)
15) 2.1 (I did .5)
16) 1.9
17) 1.7
18) 1.5
19) 1.35
20) 1.2
I didn’t follow the taper of 10% after decrease number five. I am not sure how long I did the .5 past the three - four weeks - it was 9 years ago.
I did take some supplements after getting to 5 mg during this first taper - but it may not have been a good idea, because taking supplements that increase serotonin while on an SSRI can lead to serotonin syndrome.