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Hello @positivelife and Welcome to Mayo Connect. I am a volunteer mentor on Mayo Connect. I read your post with interest as I have had recent experience weening off different medications. In order us to understand your situation better, please offer as many other details as you are comfortable doing. I have a few questions that will help us give you more assistance :
1. Have you talked with the physician who first prescribed the Lexapro for you, or another physician about weening from the medication?
2. If so, did you follow their instructions previously?
3. Do you take other medications or have other medical issues that might be affected (positive or negative) by your stopping the Lexapro?
The people on Mayo Connect are very open in sharing our experiences with each other. However, please keep in mind that we aren't medical professionals and cannot offer medical advice, only our experience, which I have found to be invaluable. Again, welcome to Mayo Connect.
Warm regards,
Gail, Volunteer Mentor
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Hello, my physician who prescribed the Lexapro originally is the one who instructed me in how to ween off. I followed her instructions, which did not work, and am not on other meds. Several pharmacists have suggested weening off by smaller increments over a longer period of time and that is what I will do now. I just needed to have the oral suspension Lexapro to be able to reduce each daily dose by 1-2mgs. Thanks!