Lexapro withdrawal

The dizziness, nausea and brain zaps lasted a week or more. I was an emotional mess! I had every emotion there is. I would sit and literally want to pull my hair out I seriously doubted I’d make it through. Stick with the taper. Are you being put on another drug? If so watch out for Seratonin Syndrome which I had. Not something to play around with. You will get through it and in the end it’s worth it.

Thank you! I am through the hard part & feel better now then when I was on lexapro. Lexapro was giving me anxiety & sensitity to noise. I would get over stimulated easily on the meds. Next step is coming off trazadone for sleep. I’m waiting a couple more weeks to start that because I have a long history of insomnia. I’ve got CBD oil coming in the mail to help with my sleep. I want to be drug free, at least in natural drugs. Good luck everybody! It gets better! I was on lexapro for 20 years.

So glad you’re through the hard part. I take Trazodone for insomnia too. It helps some but seems to wear off after 4 hours. Will you let me know if the CBD oil works? I’m very interested.

I am thoroughly convinced that the nightmare I am experiencing after ceasing Lexapro very recently pales in comparison to the more than 10 years on the drug. Everyone who attempts to stop taking Lexapro is a true hero and courageous. I want to share my experience in the hope that God did not allow me to have wasted 10 years of my life living in a cocoon. Lexapro never cured anyone it just does a good job of masking a persons underlying issues. One of my latest withdrawal symptoms is realising that I am now in some sort of dyslexic state. I see the numbers 4371 today but my mind records them as 4731. Simple cognitive tasks turn into hour long problem solving. This story will continue and I will give the beginning and end parts over time.

I sure will! Will be trying in about a week. I wake up through the night on trazadone also.

It will get better! Just hang in there. My doctor prescribed htp for me which is a natural serotonin producer and it helps! You can’t take it with other antidepressants though cause it could give you too much serotonin which is dangerous. it also helps to exercise. I’m addicted to running 3 miles a day. And diet is huge! I stopped eating gluten, diary and sugar. Can’t wait to hear the rest of your story. Good luck & God heals/ bless!

Nutritional depletion is huge in this situation. I suggest that you read this link and focus on vitamins that he mentions. It doesn't have to be the brands he recommends obviously. I recommend desiccated liver capsules as they are very high in all of the B vitamins and the amino acids that supply our brains with the nutrients for neurotransmitters.
https://www.optimallivingdynamics.com/blog/7-important-nutrients-depleted-by-psychiatric-drugs-antidepressants-antipsychotics-stimulants-benzodiazepines-induced-guide-vitamins-medications

Thanks, Yes God does heal and he is. I have been having a combination of loving thoughts and angry thought patterns mixed with almost a flooding feeling of love through my head. My head feels like it is being filled with those feelings people have when they see a puppy or kitten or nice teddy bear. Childlike love feelings. I can only assume it is the Serotonin getting back to its natural state. While at the same time those feelings are prevalent I also have been very emotional crying in small bursts over the simplest things in life that to me are the beauty of God and his love for his creation. For those that do not know God this may be hard to read. So I am only going to occasionally talk about him because I want to reflect on the symptoms I am experiencing related to Lexapro withdrawal. The crying part can be quite nice but also I don’t want to be so emotional that I cry at the sight of a butterfly 🦋 although I have in past and that was a good thing. For now I think my body is adjusting to life without a foreign chemical in its ranks. While not all of this is how I would like to share my feelings I am believing that all people can overcome these withdrawal symptoms from all drugs. We just sometimes need places like this to share our experiences with the occasional response.

I call it my spiritual awakening. I’ve drawn closer to God during this withdrawal and looking back, the meds block my want for Him. I think of my crying as catching up because prior, I couldnt cry. I have a deep empathy for people’s story now & that could be good or bad. I have to stay away from stories about children being abused because I get so angry I want to hurt the abuser. I work in the medical field and it my patients cry, they don’t cry alone. I can’t watch the news or I’ll be a mess. Have you read the good braking bondage? Check it out! After I read it I cleansed myself & my home of bad spirits. I think of all these symptoms as a good thing. I’m a good person & so are you. Be yourself because God didn’t make junk!

Hi mammabird74, How's it going your withdrawal from Lexapro? I'm curious because I went off of the generic form of lexapro, after being on it for 8 years. It's been 6 weeks since I took my last pill, after weaning very slowly. I had a few symptoms right after, felt better then rebounded with awful; anxiety at around 4 weeks. Do you have any tips or insight? My Doctor says to go back on but not sure that I want to. This anxiety is wearing me down. Thank you