Posted by Rich B on July 15, 2003, at 8:48:48
In reply to Anyone switched to Lexapro? « ggrrl, posted by Dr. Bob on June 11, 2002, at 7:52:48
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how long I can expect to be dizzy after stopping Lexapro. I was on Paxil a few years ago for anxiety and quit because of the side effects. I weaned myself off it over the course of a couple off weeks. During that time, I was dizzy and had the infamous zaps. When I did completely stop taking it, the withdrawal symptoms stopped almost completely. Well, I stopped Lexapro this past Friday because it was not helping much and was making me too tense. I stopped it all at once because I thought that I should have with the Paxil two years ago. Now, I am thinking I actually did the right thing by weaning off Paxil and should have done it this way with the Lexapro. By the end of the first day without it I started getting dizzy. The dizziness has increased since then. Yesterday (day 4) the dizziness was so bad I had to go home from work. So far today (8:30 AM) it is still pretty bad, but not quite as bad as yesterday. It might get worse as the day goes on, I don’t know. I tried Dramamine yesterday and all it did was make me tired.
Does anyone know how long I can expect this to go on, and is there anything I can do to alleviate the symptoms in the process?Rich
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