It seems like some doctors are starting to get the message about how difficult it is to get off anti depressants. I've been on 10-15 mg./day of lexapro for twenty years. I've attempted to get off several times and always had such terrible withdrawal symptoms that I ran back to the meds. There was an article in the March 5, 2019 NYTimes called How to Quit Antidepressants: Very Slowly, Doctors Say.. One doctor weaned himself off by opening his capsules and removing just one or two tiny pills at a time over a year. This is a huge issue that doctors and patients need to discuss and learn how to treat.