7.5 weeks off lexapro after being on it for 7.5 weeks and doing a 3 week taper & i still feel TERRIBLE. someone pls tell me it gets better!!!! like seriously idk how much longer i can deal w this i genuinely REGRET EVER TAKING IT. ( pls don’t suggest i start a new medication or reuse lexapro because im genuinely terrified of meds now! lexapro did me BAD )
hello. i quit lexapro maybe 6 weeks ago after being on it for 7.5 weeks due to it not being the right med for me and making what i was going thru significantly worse. i did a 3 week taper from to 10mg, 5mg for 2 weeks then 2.5mg for a week. while most of my physical withdrawal symptoms have almost subsided i still have maybe mental anxiety? while going thru withdrawal i developed a huge fear of going crazy, like developing psychosis or something. i also started having terrible intrusive thoughts. i lived my whole life normal without weird thoughts or anything like that. this is all new to me & i only started lexapro for something i was going thru at the time. i never dealt w anxiety or depression my whole life. i see many ppl talk abt how they had many physical withdrawal symptoms but i dont really see any about mental withdrawal symptoms. has anyone ever dealt with anything similar ? i’m genuinely drained & im starting to lose hope w this whole situation🥲
I took Lexapro for 7.5 weeks for suicidal ideation caused by a steroid injection I was given, instead of it helping it caused a paradoxical reaction for me. I was then told to quit cold turkey from 10mg which I didn't because I knew how bad withdrawal couldve gotten. I then tapered myself off from 10mg in 3 weeks going from 10mg to 5mg for 2 weeks then 2.5mg for a week. Today makes 6 weeks since I stopped and my withdrawal symptoms so far have been :
• severe anxiety
• severe crying spells/depressive episodes
• a fear of going crazy / losing touch with reality
• intrusive dark thoughts that's taking a toll on me mentally I've never experienced such dark thoughts!
• severe fatigue
• severe cognitive fog ( so bad I can't even think of words to say while conversating with others )
• severe disassociation
• vision problems ( I seen a eye dr and my vision got significantly worse starting Lexapro )
• headaches that are out of this world!!
• ear sensitivity/some type of noise like I'm underwater all day long
• lose of appetite
• heart palpations
• nightmares
• eye floaters / flashes of lights in my eyes
I'm just wondering if anyone else experienced this? This has been very rough for me considering the fact that I lived a perfectly normal life before taking Lexapro.. I feel like I'm stuck this way forever and won't heal. It's been 6 weeks man & I'm starting to lose hope 😞😞😞😞 I just want to feel normal again. For a few days last week I could go out but then I noticed I can't even walk in a store without feeling dizzy and off balance. I stopped communicating and going out with friends and family because I'm so depressed and terrified of all of this. I thought a 3 week taper was okay considering the fact I only took it for 7.5 weeks. Lexapro has taken my brain places I didn't think it could go. Does it get better eventually??? I need advice or help! I seen a psychiatrist and they recommended I exercise and do therapy because of how sensitive I am to medication.