Advice for tapering off lexapro?
I recently told my doctor I wanted to get off my lexapro to see if that is what is making it impossible for me to lose the unexplained weight I have gained over the past few years. She initially told my to just take it every other day for a week and then stop but that seemed like bad advice so I decided not to do that. I cut all of my 10mg pills in half and was taking 5 mg instead for a few weeks with no side effects. Then I went down to the 5mg every other day and was still feeling totally fine. So after a few weeks of that I decided the next step would be to stop completely since I wasn’t sure where else I could really go from there. It has been about 3 nights since I last took it and I ended up feeling SUPER dizzy and my heart was racing so I decided to take one since I imagine that is why I was feeling that way. It seemed to make me feel better so I am pretty sure that was a side effect of going longer than I ever have without lexapro. I guess I am just wondering what my next step should be? Is it best to take the 5mg pills every few nights for a while first? Or do I just have to stop completely now and put up with the unfortunate side effects and feel pretty bad for a while before it gets better? Any advice would be appreciated!