Posted by LynneDa on March 31, 2004, at 12:10:19
In reply to Re: withdrawal effects of lexapro » LynneDa, posted by calmlikeabomb on March 31, 2004, at 0:01:17
Hi! That is all very interesting. I've never been a summer person, but for you to reverse yourself must have meant something was unbalanced somewhere! I'm glad you are getting back to normal. Maybe now that you were on meds, your body's chemistry will have been trained to get back to normal. You tapered off the Lex, right?
You know, what you feel is your soul is many times the outgrowth of the physical body's reaction to it's surroundings. So, changing your body chemistry can literally rock your world in so many ways. I'm sorry you hit a bottom, but I would imagine it's part of the adjustment. You're a guy right? We women have to ride that rollercoaster monthly! When the women in your life get wacky, now you can sort of understand :-).
Go to the archives and just put in withdrawal. It should bring you to lots of posts about others' experiences. I have heard that it takes a few weeks to get it out of your system, rarely have I heard longer.
The metabolism speed up I don't know about. I hope it only takes a few weeks for you!
Angry manic episodes are hard to deal with and can obviously be career-ending :-). Hopefully your mood stabilizer and xanax will be enough to control that!
Hang in there, I would give it a couple more weeks and I bet your withdrawal symptoms will taper off. If not, keep taking the xanax til you can talk to your doc about it.
Good luck to you!
~ Lynne
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