Re: Darlene, you out there?

Please, Please, Please go to http://www.paxilprogress.org and register and post your story. You can also just read awhile before you post. But if you chose to post, which I hope you will, you will recieve lots of replys that say...yes you are going through withdrawal.

However you did not say how long you took to wean off the Lexapro. Did you go cold turkey, or did you wean down over 3 to 6 months or more. Cold Turkey is difficult, and if you did that you might have to go back on a dose of your lexapro and stablize and wean slowly down from there. Please go to paxil progress. The amount of support and information you will get from these very caring people is amazing. This alone with give you the strength to continue.

I took 6 months to wean off my AD's but I had been on the for many years. For the first 6 months it was possible to think I would not make it. The next 6 were not much better.

The only thing that helped, was that I was ARMED with information and I knew that if I continued on the same path that I had been on for the last years that I would not survive. I also knew that I could not judge my journey (withdrawal) for at least a year. I gave myself that permission.

And when I got to the year I gave myself permission to not judge for another 6 months. Now things are much, much better but I know in my heart when I get to 2 years, that I will see a world of difference again. This is key to recovery in my opinion and not being stuck on the drug merry go round.

But you have to have support, I hope you have that with your family. You have little ones and this makes it more difficult for you than it was for me, since you have others looking to you for many things. And you have been through a lot due to the stresses on your body with having the babies. Support yourself at home, support yourself with the people at Paxil progress, and with the good natural doc who will help you balance your body. If it were me, that's what I'd do.

If there is anything I can do, let me know. I'm here to support you as well. We all need help going through this because it is not easy. But you can do it.

Also, using other serotonin boosters like 5htp, is not recommended when using AD's or shortly after, as it can cause serotonin syndrome (which is an agitated state).

Please let me know how you are doing. And please join Paxilprogress.

All the best,
Darlene
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