Could not imagine also trying to go cold turkey the side effects could be so harmful. For me it was rage and I was only on 10mg. Anger and rage. I returned briefly to take it but in doing a little more research, I took the time to cut the pill in half, and for about one or two weeks, I only took half which is 5mg. I then was able to ween off Lexapro. I knew that I needed something to supplement my 150mg of Wellbutrin XL because it had after several years I can not recall how many, losing its effect on my anxiety and chronic depression. I shared this with my primary physician, she decided to increase my dosage of Wellbutrin XL to 300mg. After sharing with her my concerns about diminished creativity and loss of sensuality, I felt it was the Lexapro that was the cause. She said that there was a success with the increase of Wellbutrin XL and thus the increase to 300mg. For now, it is working much of the time. I do have times when I still feel depression, and still feel episodes of anxiety. However, I have found that I resumed my writing creatively. With some visual assistance, I have resumed being able to feel my sexuality so for me the pros outweigh the cons for now.

I have been on Lexapro for 10 mos or so. I have gone from 10mg to 20mg per advice from a doc who thought my anxiety was a little high. I found that I feel more tired on the 20mg and feel that my mojo is a little lower. I think it’s called emotional blunting where one feels emotionally dull. Is that what you experienced? What mg of Lexapro did you go off of when you quit cold Turkey? How was your mood after you went off? What sort of side effects did you have? We are moving in a week with our pup about 3 hours away from where we live now. Master bedroom
on 1st floor. I am a lil nervous. I am not a big pill taker so I just want to feel better. But I dont want to go off the pills b4 we move.
Best
Heidi