Has anyone tapered off of Lexapro? I am thinking of stopping because of terrible sweating. I am on 20mgs. Of course I am calling my doctor, but I have heard of terrible side effects as you taper off. Any experiences?
Thanks,
Jean

Had the same problems so I quit. BIG mistake and the Dr. raised all manners of he## as he said that it wasnt safe to "just quit" and ther were tapers and other AD if this wasnt working. He never said why it wasnt safe exactly but I didnt want to find out the hard way.

Thanks Gary. I have tried other ADs but they all have caused excessive sweating. I 've been on Lexapro for about 3 months and I thought over time it would ease up but it hasn't enough. I also am getting horrible acne that is 10 times worse than when I was a teenager.

I'm not taking it for depression, but anxiety because my husband is in Iraq and I have two kids under 4. I'm always a little high strung but with so much going on with my kids and my MS flaring up I figured it would calm me down. I thought maybe my MS wouldn't upset me so much anymore. It has worked in that regard but the sweating is too much.
Jean

You didn't tell me about the sweating, Jean. I'm still trying to decide about switching from Paxil to Lexapro or Cymbalta.

I read somewhere, Gary, that you are going to try Cymbalta. Please let me know how you do on it, OK? And Good luck!

Good luck on comming off of Lexapro, Jean.

I am Sally but I have been on Prozac for about a month without and change and since it has a long half life the Dr. wants me to wait 5 days before I begin it.

Jmak,

I had also been on 20mg of Lexapro. I went down to 15mg and held that for a month then 10mg for a month. At that point I started having problems with both anxiety and depression so back up I went.

It wasn't long before it just wasn't working.

My therapist switched me to Cymbalta. I stopped Lexapro completely for 2 days then started Cymbalta - no problems.

I tried Cymbalta for a short time &
had the sweating too.
I also had the blurry vision.

So sorry Sally. It did lessen for me after about a month but it still happens. I think a contributing factor to me wanting to get off is now that my husband is gone, I take showers at night because of my kids. The sweating mostly happens at night. Without that fresh start in the morning I feel gross all day. And sweating and sleeping on my hair is probably causing my acne.

The Lexapro is working other than that. Didn't mean to mislead you at all. I thought sweating was a rare side effect for Lexapro.
Jean