Lexapro withdrawal

Posted by preston1962 @preston1962, 2 days ago

I’m an 80 yo woman who has been taking Remeron and Lexapro for over 15 years. My PCP suggested lowering doses. I was able to lower Remeron from 7.5 mg to 3.75 without any noticeable effects. And on the good side, I was able to lose a few pounds. Now I’m working on reducing Lexapro and have gone very slowly from 20 mg to 10 mg. This seemed to be going well from 20 to 17.5 to 15 mg but i started have issues after a week on 10 mg. I’ve tried this before and gave in to not wanting to feel lousy but I know that at my age, these drugs are conflicting with other age related health issues. Anyhow I’m having body pains, sick stomach, bleeding hemorrhoids, sore eyes, constipation and diarrhea. I read these are to be expected. Is there anything I can do to ease these symptoms without taking any other medications.

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