Coming off lexapro

July 7, 2004

Hello everyone, One month ago I was started on wellbutrin xl with the

goal of getting off lexapro; I found lex was not working anymore and

making me exhausted. Last thursday was the last time I took lexapro

having gone through the process of weaning off of it appropriately.

However, over the last few days I have been having brief but intense

jolts of energy especially when I move fast in a single direction.

This seems to be similar to what I experienced when I came off paxil

ten years ago but I am not sure. HAS this happened to anyone else?

Could this be the effect of wellbutrin kicking in now that the lex is

out of the system?-any help would be great-thanks-t

July 7, 2004

I've been taking 10 mg daily " only " since January of this year. I'm hoping that

since I've been on it " only " for six months, it will be relatively " easy on me "

to reduce down to 5 mg a day. I'd like off the things completely, but I'm

worried that my chronic anxiety might come back full-fledged (the 10 mg a day of

Lex *has* helped to keep it simmered down somewhat). I might end up having to

go through a period without health insurance, so the cost is going to be a

factor for me (it's expensive to buy it w/o a prescription!).

--Diane

Re: Coming off lexapro

I was taking 15 mg for the past year. I started to ween off the

lexapro by decreasing 5mg every 5 days such that it took about 15 days

to fully come off of lexapro. Yes, these very much seem like brain

zaps but sometimes I feel it across my entire body. I plan to call

the dr. tomorrow to ask about it-t

July 7, 2004

Perhaps, the taper was a bit too quick?

Jeff

> I was taking 15 mg for the past year. I started to ween off the

> lexapro by decreasing 5mg every 5 days such that it took about 15

days

> to fully come off of lexapro. Yes, these very much seem like brain

> zaps but sometimes I feel it across my entire body. I plan to call

> the dr. tomorrow to ask about it-t

July 7, 2004

Diane,

I just cut down to 5 mg. 4 days ago on my own and today was just horrible. I

had to work at my computer all day--nauseous, dizzy, felt kind of out of my

body. I don't know if I should have cut back so quickly or not. But I was on

10 mg. for 5 months so I didn't think it would be a big deal. Everyone is sooo

different so maybe you won't notice any effect at all. See my doc on

Friday--can hardly wait. Xanax isn't even helping the increased anxiety. Ugh.

Deb