Lexapro Comments

I had been on this medication for at least 3 years. Getting off of it is miserable. Until I found this site, I thought my body is literally fallling apart. The hard to describe head thing, known as "zaps", that's a great description of how it feels... Oh my God, I have this feeling... how long will this last?

I was taking 20 mg, then about 6 months ago I cut the dose in half....10 mg, on that for another I think about 6 months, and then cut that in half to 5 mg.... and 1 week ago I went totally off ... and I feel strange.

How long will this last?????? Amazing I am working, but I know I could be doing a better job without feeling like a crazed loon..... Help!

been on this horrid drug since April - 5 mg a day until 2 wks ago when I cut to 2.5 - am desperate to get off completely. Have headaches, lots of zaps on left side of head, brain fog on and off all day & night long. Am seeing an acupuncturist which seems to be helping but it's really awful. Will stay on 2.5 for a while but would like to know if there is light at the end of this tunnel. Thanks.

lexopra is a evil drug . was on it for a month . stopped it very adruptly nearly 3 weeks ago cos it was worsening my depression and it also was making me very suicidal as well . the w.d.s are hell to get thru . if anyone is thinking of trying this so-called antidepressant , please don't ! you have been warned .

Dear Mark, I want to thank you so much for this site, it is incredibly helpful, and I have just sent off for Creating your own reality.

I am in the middle of Lexapro withdrawal for the second time. I have to stop this drug because it causes Alcoholism and an eating disorder for me. Yea and weight gain, mostly because I really couldnt care less about anything, exercise or eating correctly when on the drug.

I have made so many stupid mistakes while on the medication, and then drinking. Imagine how that affects your judgment. I know the drug caused these problems when I go off it. I caved last feb. when I first tried to quit. Couldnt face the mess my life had become. So back on the drugs.

I made the mistake of telling my doc. that the drug triggered an intense craving for alcohol, and she rolled her eyes and said it couldnt be the medicine.In her opinion, I was undermedicated and the drinking was a result of residual depression. I was drinking within 10 min. of taking the lexapro every morning. I would polish off 5 beers before 9:00 in the morning.

I only gained 5 pounds because I simply didnt eat to accomodate the calories. Enter the eating disorder. Talk about causing more damage than it helped. She prescribed Effexor and after reading some of the comments I didnt fill the perscription.

Have tapered off the lexapro and am in my first day of not taking the medicine at all. I am lucky that the physical symptoms are not to bad but the anxiety is through the roof, and the depression is back, but I was depressed while on the drug anyway. I feel no need to drink and am eating properly again, and the 5 pounds are gone.

I stayed off the drugs for 9 weeks last time, but had some very bad problems and eventually I was tipped back into the arms of Lexapro. So here we go again. One thing I do know is that you cant solve your problems by drugging yourself. They have gotten worse sinse I returned to the drugged up state. I spend hours on your site daily. Thank you so very much, and good luck to everyone trying to get off this poison.

Having read some more comments, is all this bowel upset I am experiencing really possibly from lexapro withdrawal? I've never had this problem before for this length of time. I have not changed my eating/exercise habits so that has not brought about this unpleasantness.

Well Mark I have never heard of you, not sure if I buy into the "self-healing" you speak of (then again I don't know anything about it yet either). But one thing I DO KNOW - THE EPIDEMIC OF PHYCOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS IS SOOOO WRONG!

I am now weaning off of lexapro - very gradual and very slowly - and am wondering if I will ever feel "normal" again - and what the hell is "normal". I'm not suer anymore. The tiredness, total body tingling, numb lips, TOTAL lack of sexual desire, fuzzy mind feeling, fuzzy sounds inside my head. I'm so sick of it all. I do my work at my job somehow, but my "spaciness" is obvious. I have begun smoking pot again in an attempt to... what I'm not even sure. I probably need to stop doing that for now, so I can get back to "normal", smoking pot is not making me feel "normal" - I simply look forward to doing it and the "escape" it provides. Escape is not even the right word I am looking for - but obviously it (pot) does something for me I am seeking.

Anyhow, back to the medication issue, these are being handed out indiscriminately, by nurse practitioners who are simply doing what they were ERRONEOUSLY taught. And boy do they BELIEVE it. My nurse pract. told me I was born this way (depressed), would have to be on meds the rest of my life, and STRONGLY advised me not to quit them. However I am anyhow. I need to do this for myself. My mind is so "un-connected". I can hardly put sentences together correctly. Gods Blessings, Jackie

I'm 30 and this is the first time I have decided to try drugs for depression. My clinching reason was to get rid of the invasive thoughts that were plaguing me.

My experience with lexapro has been peppered with its share of good and bad times:

Losing some touch with my emotions- allows me not to overreact and become distraught over things unnecessarily. I realize the author of the site sees losing touch with your emotions negatively, but it's been good and bad for me.

I do not get overwhelmed when I think about the everyday stressors- finance, school, child, etc...

Things are not "all or nothing" for me anymore- which allows me to make decisions clearly.

My fourth day on it, I woke up with terrible anxiety, a feeling of simultaneous hot and cold inside and outside my skin, and insomnia (and I am not one prone to insomnia at all- sleep was always my reliable escape).

I have developed some anxiety issues- completely foreign to me. It seems like it was a tradeoff of depression for anxiety. Sometimes I think I'd prefer the depression.

I have had a few anxiety episodes- maybe panic attacks. One was very severe, very uncomfortable and scary- I experienced the hot and cold feeling along with- the worst part of it- feeling like I was totally going out of my mind and fearing that I would lose control and do something crazy. But the ironic thing was that I was feeling all this, I was actually acting completely normal- in fact, I happened to be at work and I continued doing my work, but inside I felt awful.

The latest thing is that I haven't gotten my period now for 7 weeks. I have always been very regular, and I am not pregnant, so this gives me some cause for concern.

I realize I have not been able to cry for a long time now, which I don't think is good. Usually it feels good to cry and I realize it's healthy to let it out.

I do worry about when the time for weaning comes. And I worry about if the drug's effects will start to change- as most drugs' effects do. I worry about the anxiety attacks the most. "Going crazy"... I think that's the scariest thing. I'd rather die or be physically hurt than go through that.

However, at this point, my overall rating of it is good. I completely agree with the author of this site in that the medicine band-aids my ability to feel my emotions. That is good and bad.

Thanks for this site! And thanks for any additional comments. If the author is okay with it, I don't mind sharing my email address.

So I went off of Lexapro maybe 3 months ago, and I think I may STILL be experiencing withdrawal symptoms. I have steadily gained a significant amount of weight since I've been off, developed irritable bowel, and have heart tremors. I'm really enjoying myself.

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