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Postpartum Depression
If you used Lexapro and weaned off, plz come in...
I started 10 mg in June 09. I went to 5 mg since about February 10.
I want off. Just because I don't think it's good to be on it. I am def over any PPD.
I went to my OB for my annual exam a couple fo weeks ago and she asked if I was still on it. I said yes, but that I had halved the dosage. She then said to wean off of it altogether.
So I did. COLD Turkey.
it's been over a week and I'm still feeling one effect. I get a tingly/dizzy feeling in my face and neck that lasts a few seconds. It happens about 5-6 times a day. I know it's the withdrawal because anytime I ever forgot to take it, I would get the same feeling. And as soon as I took a pill, I was fine.
When will this go away? I don't want to get back on, even on a small dose because I figure I've aleady been off it for about 10 days and I should be close to the end of these symptoms.
Did anyone one else go cold turkey? Did anyone else have this tingly feeling? How much longer can I expect the withdrawal feelings?
Thanks!
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Re: If you used Lexapro and weaned off, plz come in...
It's going to take a few weeks for it to go away. Cold turkey is about the worst thing you can do, technically speaking. Withdrawals from anti-depression meds(as explained to me by my psych) is like withdrawals from the harsher drugs. You don't want to do that to your body. I did do it when I found out I was pregnant. I will never do that again. I was on 4 different meds at the time.
Anyway, it does last for a few weeks until it's all out of your system. You figure they say that it takes a month for it to fully work into your system, it's probably going to take that long for it to fully work out of it as well.