Myles Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Would it be worth trying 10mg of Propranol for the akathsia and heart issues, palpatations and pain etc. Looks like that's used as a first line medication for akathsia. Panadeine forte (codeine) 2-3 years on and off for migraines. Escitalopram 20mg 15/OCT/2018 - 20/MAR/2020 Escitalopram 10mg 20/MAR/2020 - 22/SEP/2020 CT Seroquel 22/SEP/2020- CT. Doxycycline 13/OCT/2020 - 20/OCT/2020 Pizotifen (Sandomigran) 0.5mg 21/OCT/2020 - 22/OCT/2020 Adverse reaction, Face and whole body numbness, sudden suicidal ideations, and extreme depression, lifted in 5 hours. Mirtazapine 5/NOV/2020 - 23/NOV/20 CT Valium 20/NOV/2020 - 25/NOV/2020 CT Fish oil and Magnesium supplements 10/OCT/2020 - 11/DEC/2020 Link to comment
Myles Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 @AltostrataOk so last night I slept ok, thanks to the night before of zero sleep. Today chest pain as per usual and mild anxiety in the morning, anxiety ramped up through the day too akathsia by 6pm, wanting to jump out of my skin, burning, looping maddening thoughts. Took roughly 1.25mg of valium, at 7.30pm felt calmer by 8pm and more calmer by 9pm. 12am slight headache heaviness in forehead, getting hot. 12.30am sweaty palms and really hot, heacache getting worse. Have been headache free for 3 days since removing bread/gluten from my diet, have had a severe headache/migraine since qutting lexapro every single day. I'm also terrified of taking valium and becoming dependent on it and going through withdrawls of it on top of everything else 😥 Panadeine forte (codeine) 2-3 years on and off for migraines. Escitalopram 20mg 15/OCT/2018 - 20/MAR/2020 Escitalopram 10mg 20/MAR/2020 - 22/SEP/2020 CT Seroquel 22/SEP/2020- CT. Doxycycline 13/OCT/2020 - 20/OCT/2020 Pizotifen (Sandomigran) 0.5mg 21/OCT/2020 - 22/OCT/2020 Adverse reaction, Face and whole body numbness, sudden suicidal ideations, and extreme depression, lifted in 5 hours. Mirtazapine 5/NOV/2020 - 23/NOV/20 CT Valium 20/NOV/2020 - 25/NOV/2020 CT Fish oil and Magnesium supplements 10/OCT/2020 - 11/DEC/2020 Link to comment
Myles Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 * couldn't sleep all night, tinnitus became super loud, it had gone away for about a month after stopping mirtazapine. Seems to have returned and louder than ever after taking that valium. Panadeine forte (codeine) 2-3 years on and off for migraines. Escitalopram 20mg 15/OCT/2018 - 20/MAR/2020 Escitalopram 10mg 20/MAR/2020 - 22/SEP/2020 CT Seroquel 22/SEP/2020- CT. Doxycycline 13/OCT/2020 - 20/OCT/2020 Pizotifen (Sandomigran) 0.5mg 21/OCT/2020 - 22/OCT/2020 Adverse reaction, Face and whole body numbness, sudden suicidal ideations, and extreme depression, lifted in 5 hours. Mirtazapine 5/NOV/2020 - 23/NOV/20 CT Valium 20/NOV/2020 - 25/NOV/2020 CT Fish oil and Magnesium supplements 10/OCT/2020 - 11/DEC/2020 Link to comment
RuuRee Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Hi @Myles! I just read through your thread and can relate to a lot of what you’re going through when I CTed off of Lexapro. It seems like you’ve already made some changes to help with your withdrawal which is great! As far as the meds go, I definitely agree with Alto about benzos as an alternative - I’ve read that benzo withdrawal isn’t as bad as SSRI withdrawal so keep that in mind and maybe read up on that. With my personal experience, I did the Prozac bridge. Made it up to 40 mgs and held for a few months until I felt better enough to taper (40 mgs is about 20 mgs of Lexapro to put the dosages into perspective). Currently at 15. I think your best bet is to figure out if your withdrawal is debilitating enough to add something else. Like the mods said, everyone is different so you could be feeling way better in a couple months or so it could take a year or more. I wish you all the best of luck in your healing ❤️ Lexapro: 2013 - mid August 2019 (20mgs, to 10 mgs for 1 week then 0mgs) Zoloft: March 2018 - ? (200mgs - unsure of duration, around 2-4 weeks maybe; down to 100 mgs for 1 month, 50 mgs for 1 month; reinstated 20 mgs Lexapro shortly after) Wellbutrin: mid August 2019 - mid September 2019 (150 mgs then CT) Prozac: early October 2019 - 20 mgs to 40 mgs on 11/24/2019; 30 mgs in July 2020; 20 mgs Sept 2020; 10 mgs October 22 2020; 15 mgs 11/13/2020 My intro: https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/21906-ruuree-my-experience-with-lexapro-withdrawal/ Link to comment
andy96gr Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Hello @Myles How are you doing now ? •01/2017-12/2022 ~6 Years on Generic Escilitopram (5mg-20mg) because of repetitive panic attacks and anxiety that lead to depression. My tapering was not tapering as I read here. I consider it CT because of wrong directions of docs, I went from 20mg to 5mg in a short amount of time and then jumped to 0mg. •01/07/23 Took maca root powder for pssd for 4 days only which I think worsened my symptoms a lot.(Not sure if that was the cause or what came was supposed to come) •15/07/23-01/08/23 Prebagalin) 2x50mg 01/08/23 - 05/08/23. 75x50mg 06/08/23 - 18/08/23 2x75mg an then reduced 19/09/23 - 23-09 to 75x50mg 24/09/23 - 1/12/23 2x50mg. 1/12/22- ongoing 2x45mg( on first week of December happened a mistake in liquid I made and took 4 times double dose ) 15/01/24 - ongoing occasional 5mg diazepam for anxiety. Link to comment
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