NazareM: Lexapro post withdrawal has caused suicidal insomnia

[NazareM]

I quit Lexapro and 3 weeks later i simply stopped sleeping. It has been 4 months now and I have insomnia every day unless i take benzos. I have tried trazodone, zolpidem, CBTI and lithium. nothing works and i am getting more and more suicidal. i litterally have to stay on benzos otherwise i will be consumed by obcessive thoughts of death.

I cannot go on like this any longer. Has anyone ever had this experience? will it ever stop?

[Altostrata]

Welcome, NazareM.

 

Sleeplessness is a very common withdrawal symptom. How did you go off Lexapro?

 

What we see is that withdrawal syndrome makes people hypersensitive to drugs, supplements, and even foods sometimes. No doubt you were taking "normal" dosages of all those drugs you tried. Your hypersensitive nervous system rejected them.

 

Often reinstating a very small amount of the original drug can help. See About reinstating and stabilizing to reduce withdrawal symptoms You would stabilize on this small amount and taper off by tiny amounts later.

 

You may wish to try 0.5mg Lexapro or 0.5mg of its milder sibling Celexa or citalopram. Both come in liquid form so you can take a small dose. Do you have any Lexapro left?

[ShadowMan]

Alto, did you see this same symptom subside? Its not only commom insomnia, its more like the brain cant synchronize with the rest of the body, plus the rest of weird symptoms that appear while trying to sleep.

After nearly a year off Lexapro and Im in the same boat.