Got off of Lexapro and am able to cry again
My personal opinion and experience by no means am I a Dr. and I am sure everyone has their own experience.
Hello, I started Lexapro a few years back when the company I was working for had a massive layoff. Since then I have gone through, a divorce, a loss of a Child, death of a grandmother, and some other personal stuff that is quite traumatizing.
I decided few weeks back to go cold turkey because I was sick and tired of just feeling numb. Note: I definitely Lexapro has helped me survive some of the hardest years of my life. It might have helped me survive but personally I don’t know if it helped me live. (I realize some people not be functional with out it and that it’s an amazing anti depressant)
When I say live I mean the ability to feel all emotions. I am a M (27) and I know crying and expressing emotions is very healthy and good for the body to process. After the first week of being of it and the initial toaster in the bath tub ideation (S) I feel as if all the pain that I have been numb to since starting lexapro has been slowly hitting.
For example, I was watching a sad show about loss by myself and I just ended up ugly crying. Remembering all of the sadness that has occurred these past few years. It’s honestly going to take allot of therapy and journaling but I’m happy to say that this is almost like the first step of emotionally healing, and that I’m grateful for Lexapro to act as an emotional hand to hold when I couldn’t hold myself up. Now it’s time to stand up and learn to walk again.
I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?