Frankgrimes Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 tapered from 10 to 7.70mg lexapro - over a month. felt fine so waited a week and lowered to 7.29. didn't feel great but didn't realize it was from the reduction. lowered to 6.93 on 8 days later. All hell broke loose - severe OCD, anxiety, shakiness. 3 days l ater took a tiny drop to bring it back up to 7.29. Not 100% relief but some instant relief. Was crying on 2/19 so took enough to get back to 7.70mg. Crying stopped immediately. A little foggy and a little shaky. But feel so much better. Is this possible? Reinstatement relief is instant? - for 16 years took: morning: lexapro 10 mg, wellbutrin xl 150mg; evening: paxil 2.5 mg, zoloft 25mg - feb 22: tried to change and decreased paxil to 1.25 and zoloft to 50 and experienced eurphoria and possible mania, needed less sleep, etc. - decreased zoloft back to 25 over 2 weeks and decreased paxil to 0 - withdrawal started a few days later and increased paxil back to 1.25 - stabilized but flat after a couple days (eventually got paxil back to 2.5) - also took levaquin for possible prostatitis - never really improved and we tried deplin, different formulations of generics and brand names - Mid June 2019 lost the ability to sleep completely - 7/1/19 cold turkeyed in hospital off 2.5 paxil and shortly thereafter 25 zoloft, titrated lithium up to 1200 but settled at 900mg - 8/10/19 tried 12.5 lexapro for 2 weeks with disastrous sensitivities - 8/26/19 and currently: morning: 10 mg lexapro, 150 wellbutrin xl; evening: lithium 900 mg (Took klonopin for wknd) 9/20 tapered to 780mg lithium from 900mg - hypomania almost immediately, tinnitus, dizziness, pain, burning, freezing cold - 9/29 reinstated to 900mg lithium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepan Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 For me, relief after updosing from 3.7mg to 4mg came after just a few days. I'm not stabilized enough to taper again yet after 6 weeks, but symptoms and mood are manageable and I'm having some good sleep here and there. Total insomnia for the night rarely happens now. I try to eat healthy foods and I take some walks weather permitting so. 1989, 25mg, Amitriptyline 1st prescribed for 1wk insomnia, 2020 october Cold turkey 20/12/21, 22.5mg reinstated; waited 1.5 year to start tapering 21/07/25, 20mg tapering started. 10% every 4 weeks 22/02/26, 9.5mg - Emergency surgery put chaos to tapering: chronic insomnia till May 22/04/11, 10mg tapering started. 10% every 4 week. Sleep came back but trickled away in Sep' 22 22/09/17, 5,1mg - 10/15, 4.6mg - 11/12, 4,1mg - 12/10, 3.7mg. Too fast. Permanent symptoms. 22/12/28, 4,0mg - partial updose where I'll remain until perfect stabilizing 22/12/30, 4,0mg - started Melatonin 3mg, Maritime Pine Bark Extract am & pm 23/02/03, 4,0mg - sleeping well every night with dreams, symptoms are diminishing 22/03/20, 4,0mg - insomnia is back on some nights. Waves. Anxiety. My dog is sick. Maritime Pine Bark Extract (Omega Alpha Labs) in capsules am & pm, Melatonin 3mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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