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I weaned fine slowly and then 4 months later went back on it because after a loss and major stress with my one daughter decided to get back on it. Lexapro made it way worse.

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@ancl123 yep, same for me. I weaned with the help of 5HTP and was doing great but my mom passed recently and I had some other stressors come up as well as getting a terrible chest cold for a month and needing to be put on antibiotics so thought I’d benefit from a little extra support and it just blew my system up going back on. I think maybe I healed some with Ketamine and the amino acid therapy and my body just couldn’t tolerate the Lexapro in the same way anymore but also I’ve heard it can be way worse trying to go back on for some people which has definitely been the case for me. I’m just trying to stabilize on a low dose the panic/anxiety that Lexapro caused but I know that takes a while. Don’t think you were wrong to get off and try another altogether as I’ve heard sometimes that’s what people have to do. I’m sorry that one doctor made you keep going up which I know just made things worse. I did try some Reishi mushroom powder last night from Hyperion herbs which helped a lot I think. I’m going to keep drinking that (just 1/2 tsp-1tsp before bed) and it seems to shut down the adrenals so that could be something you try. I also just got some blue blocking glasses to wear as it gets later which seemed to help as well. Taking a small emergency dose of Xanax .25 when the panic is too high is helpful too but not every day if possible as that’s how you develop a tolerance. ❤️