Okay....just need advice from anyone who might have or does take Lexapro or Celexa.

I have been on Lexapro about 4 yrs. I didn't want to go on it; no matter how often I read the description of this med and the 'why' of taking it, I cannot find how it relates to my problem.

My parents and inlaws all died within 18 mos. time. Hard to deal with; yes it was depressing. They were in nursing homes; had awful time of it and in the midst of my mom and dad being ill, we had to move due to a career change. This also meant leaving my son and grandchildren (subsequently my son had to take a job assignment in a foreign country .... so I hardly get to see the g'kids anymore!).

However I don't understand how the normal depression of feeling grief over loss of loved ones means a person needs an antidepression drug.

I argued this with my doctor. At the same time I'd told him I was very tired and (used the word depressed) about being sick due to MS, Sinusitis and Asthma plus Hypothyroid.

Does anyone agree with me that it is perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed by one's illness plus the loss of parents?

The doc talked me into using Lexapro (10 mg) and yes I've taken it faithfully.

No incredible improvement because frankly I don't think I have clinical depression or ever did.

To me the docs are too quick to judge a person as 'depressed' just due to life events plus chronic illness. I think i'd be nuts if I hadn't been depressed.

In the course of taking Lexapro I've put on 30 lbs. Now that is depressing.

What I'm essentially about in this post is that I can't take Lexapro any longer as my insurer will no longer cover it. Their suggestion is to switch to Prozac! Lord!

My doc suggested Celexa or it's generic equivalent which is Citalopram HBR.

I haven't taken anything for about 2 weeks. My doc had said it was not habit forming or hard to go off. Everything I've read and my own experience is different!!! I itch; I am weepy (which I wasn't prior to taking it), I sweat almost all the time.

I don't feel trust in my doctor enough to talk to him.

Has anyone here just stopped taking Lexapro?

Tootsie