anasong: Tapering off lexapro

[anasong4]

Hi everyone,

 

Just wanted to say this is a great idea for a forum. I have been on Lexapro for 10 years and my doc bumped it up to 40 mg about a year ago. Well, I moved to another state to be with husband who is in the military and am in the process of tapering off. I am at 30 mg now and haven't experienced much side effects except occasional dizziness but now I'm getting more teary and feel unhappy with life. I have had anxiety since I was 14 and more recently was diagnosed with Pure O, which is a form of OCD with no compulsions, just obsessive thoughts and anxieties. Just want to know what are some good coping techniques.

 

Thank you!

 

Erin

[Altostrata]

Hello, anasong, welcome to our community.

 

I moved your first post here as your Introduction. This is your topic to track your progress.

 

40mg Lexapro is a very high dosage of Lexapro. How long have you been at 30mg?

 

For those intrusive, repetitive thoughts, cognitive behavior therapy seems to work well. We have some discussions about coping with symptoms, add your voice! See Psychotherapeutic techniques to cope with withdrawal

[bruno2016]

Hi everyone,

 

Just wanted to say this is a great idea for a forum. I have been on Lexapro for 10 years and my doc bumped it up to 40 mg about a year ago. Well, I moved to another state to be with husband who is in the military and am in the process of tapering off. I am at 30 mg now and haven't experienced much side effects except occasional dizziness but now I'm getting more teary and feel unhappy with life. I have had anxiety since I was 14 and more recently was diagnosed with Pure O, which is a form of OCD with no compulsions, just obsessive thoughts and anxieties. Just want to know what are some good coping techniques.

 

Thank you!

 

Erin

 

Hi there,

 

welcome! I am glad you found us and hope that we may help you.

 

Boy that pure O sounds like me! I totally have those issues and my originally diagnoses was OCD. So i totally understand where you are coming from. I was on AD for nearly 8 years and have been off for almost five months. Hopefully I can hang in there and make a full recovery. I am sure you will be able to come off as long as you plan well and check out all the tips there are here. It may or may not be a long hard journey, but either way I a sure you can do it and we are all here to support you.