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Lexapro withdrawal

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Feb 17 7:16am | Replies (209)

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@kdo0827

I can thankfully say I’m now off Lexapro! It took me 2 weeks of weaning off. I suffered badly. I was put on Cymbalta and as I also take Remeron it caused me to have Seratonin Syndrome. Please make sure your doctors know ALL meds you are taking as that was very serious and could’ve been fatal. My doctor knew of my meds but didn’t think I would have that reaction. The withdrawals are very tough, you feel like you’re not going to survive but you will. If you live alone don’t go through it by yourself. Have someone stay with you. Things get bad quickly. Above all else hang in there and stay in touch through this site. It was my saving grace.

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Were you weaning off the Lexapro to move to a different drug? Does seem odd to do both Cymbalta (which is essentially Effexor without the need to titrate up) and Remeron - but I've always thought that Remeron might be the right solution for me - but my psychiatrist (it's a new relationship) says that it isn't that popular...because people have a tendency to gain weight - and after 60lbs of gain on Paxil - I am not interested in gaining weight...hard enough just to keep 30lb of the gain off.