Lexapro Withdrawal & Depo-provera

"i was on lexapro for 2 years."

this is after i was on the depo-provera shot for 2 years previously.

i feel that caused me to suffer from depression and the doctor put me on lexapro.

in september of 2004 i ended up having my gall bladder removed, couple months after that i still was suffering from the same pain i had before i had that surgery.

the doctor did a cat-scan of my stomach and found cysts on my ovaries which also had to be removed. while i was going to have the surgery i said you can just tie my tubes so i couldn't have any more children since i already have 3.

also than i could go off the depo-provera shot.

well i had that surgery in april of 2005 and the doctor said it may take a few months for my body to get back to normal.

well in august i felt this burst of energy to do things easier now than ever before and felt like i don't suffer from depression.

well at the same time i was taking the lexapro and i was starting to get sick, nauseated, spaced out, numb, felt like i was walking on air.

i ended up in bed and my husband said i had to stop taking this immediately. i told him i have to check with my doctor because i know they say do not stop immediately.

i was taking 20mg, she told me to drop to 15mg for 1 week and than 15mg one day than 10mg rotating and so on. well i kept getting worse physically and mentally where i had to pull myself off immediately other wise my body was going to keep shutting down and i probably would have died.

now the doctors know about this but i don't know if they fully agree with me but i know how i felt and also my husband saw me.

well it is exactly 4 weeks that i have been off of the lexapro and it has been a nightmare.

i have lost all of my sensory system. i can't taste, smell, short term memory loss, my brain feels like it's spinning, also my eyes are feeling weird, vivid dreams, cold feet and hands but i don't really feel it.

i didn't drive for 3 weeks. the doctor did a cat-scan and blood work but everything came back very normal so the only thing left is the withdrawl effects from lexapro.

how do you take care of yourself and also your own family when you are like this.

how much longer is this going to last?

will i really get better?

i am writing all of this but it doesn't seem real.HELP!!!!!

i just want to be normal.

i don't reccomend this medication to anyone.

if anyone has some reccomendations please let me know.

the doctor said just keep doing everything like i normally do but it feels like my brain is blinded.

tpolanco(AT)neo.rr.com

by tamara

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