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Posted by Sybill on July 30, 2004, at 10:21:47
I recently started to wean myself from 10 mg Lexapro daily... went to 7.5 mgs last week, plan on moving down 2.5 mgs at a time, with about 2 weeks in between at each lowered dosage. My question is this... since I've lowered my dose, I've been feeling nauseous and have had flu-like symptoms... is this normal? Or I should rephrase that... is this typical?
Posted by Sad Panda on July 30, 2004, at 11:26:46
In reply to Lexapro withdrawal, posted by Sybill on July 30, 2004, at 10:21:47
> I recently started to wean myself from 10 mg Lexapro daily... went to 7.5 mgs last week, plan on moving down 2.5 mgs at a time, with about 2 weeks in between at each lowered dosage. My question is this... since I've lowered my dose, I've been feeling nauseous and have had flu-like symptoms... is this normal? Or I should rephrase that... is this typical?
>
>Yes, they are normal withdrawl symptoms. You could take some Benadryl or Phenergan to help with the nausea & other symptoms. Your plan to taper off sounds OK. Don't step down the dosage again until the withdrawl symptoms of the last step down are gone.
Cheers,
Panda.
Posted by mcp on July 30, 2004, at 13:01:52
In reply to Lexapro withdrawal, posted by Sybill on July 30, 2004, at 10:21:47
I was having a terrible time with Lexapro withdrawals. I went form 10 to 5mg and was stuggling. I have since gone slower and that has helped. However, what has made the biggest difference so far for me has been Gingko Biloba. It has had a very positive effect in reducing the headaches and dizziness. Give it a shot. ALso, I have been taking immunocal from the www.prozactruth.com site and that seems to help with the nausea. I am cutting to zero tomorrow night and I now feel like I can do it, whereas I wasn't so confident a few weeks ago.
Posted by rolie12 on July 31, 2004, at 8:34:08
In reply to Lexapro withdrawal, posted by Sybill on July 30, 2004, at 10:21:47
I use to take Lexapro and got off due to severe anxiety, but I didn't have withdrawls from this drug. I did however, have extremely horrible withdrawls from Effexor XR (flu like, vomiting, generally out of it for about 3 days). I was on 300 mg a day, went to 150 mg for one day and then quit. I have never had withdrawals from stopping Zoloft, Wellbutrin or Lexapro immediately. I really think it depends on the drug and your body. Good luck and hope your feeling better soon.
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