Ashimaly Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Currently seeing a Pych and therapist for panic attacks. They started in 2015 2 days after a surgery. Two weeks went buy and my body declined quickly with panick attacks all day long. I was put on Clonzapam and lexapro. Three months later I titrated off the clonzapam and tried to titrate off lexapro a year after that, lexapro was not successful. I have been on 10 mg of lexapro for those three years. 2018 I had a horrible miscarriage and the panic attacks returned. I was out on Clonzapam 1mg twice a day. Lexapro 15mg. Buspar 30mg and gabapentin 300mg. I am at a place where I am ready to get off this stuff again. Thinking that I can seems so unrealistic. I have read a ton of books, started meditating, exerciseing, working on the food part... 2015- Clonzapam and Lexapro titrated off C successfully but stayed on 10mg of Lexapro. 2018-Clonzapam 2mg, Lexapro 15mg, Buspar 30mg, Gabapentin 300mg. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Gridley Posted January 1, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) Welcome to SA, Ashimaly. You can go off these drugs. It will take some time, but you can do it. At SA, we recommend that you taper by no more than 10% of your current dosage every four weeks. Some members need to go more slowly. Why taper by 10% of my dosage? These links explain why it's important to taper very slowly. Brain Remodelling Video: Healing From Antidepressants - Patterns of Recovery We recommend you taper only one drug at a time. Otherwise, if problems come up, you won't know what's causing it. We generally recommend that you taper first the most activating or stimulating drug. In your case, that would be Lexapro, as SSRI's are very activating. The more sedating drugs you leave in place until later so they can serve as a buffer to help reduce withdrawal symptoms. This link gives specific information about tapering Lexapro. Tips for tapering off Lexapro (escitalopram) This is your introduction topic -- the place for you to ask questions, record symptoms, share your progress, and connect with other members of the SA community. I hope you’ll find the information in the SA forums helpful for your situation. I'm sorry that you are in the position that you need the information, but I am glad that you found us. Edited January 1, 2019 by Gridley Gridley Introduction Lexapro 20 mg since 2004. Begin Brassmonkey Slide Taper Jan. 2017. End 2017 year 1 of taper at 9.25mg End 2018 year 2 of taper at 4.1mg End 2019 year 3 of taper at 1.0mg Oct. 30, 2020 Jump to zero from 0.025mg. Current dose: 0.000mg 3 year, 10 month taper is 100% complete. Ativan 1 mg to 1.875mg 1986-2020, two CT's and reinstatements Nov. 2020, 7-week Ativan-Valium crossover to 18.75mg Valium Feb. 2021, begin 10%/4 week taper of 18.75mg Valium End 2021 year 1 of Valium taper at 6mg End 2022 year 2 of Valium taper at 2.75mg End 2023 year 3 of Valium taper at 1mg Jan. 24, 2024: Hold at 1mg and shift to Imipramine taper. Taper is 95% complete. Imipramine 75 mg daily since 1986. Jan.-Sept. 2016 tapered to 14.4mg March 22, 2022: Begin 10%/4 week taper Aug. 5, 2022: hold at 9.5mg and shift to Valium taper Jan. 24, 2024: Resume Imipramine taper. Current dose as of April 1: 6.8mg Taper is 91% complete. Supplements: multiple, quercetin, omega-3, vitamins C, E and D3, magnesium glycinate, probiotics, zinc, melatonin .3mg, iron, serrapeptase, nattokinase I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice but simply information based on my own experience, as well as other members who have survived these drugs. Link to comment
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