What supplements can you take for fatigue and anxiety for lexapro withdrawal?

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I have been slowly trying to ween myself off of lexapro I was at 10mg daily to 5mg day to 5 every other day to a fourth of a 10 mg pill every 3 days... I have tried to stop cold turkey but the side effects were just awful. I started taking Centrum Performance on december 1st so it has been almost 2 weeks, it has made me feel considerably better... I havn't had a fourth of my lexapro in 4 days, my hands are starting to go a little numb here and there but my vertigo and nausea is gone... I don't know if I am just over the hump of the withdrawls or if it is the centrum ... I feel like a new person. My prayers are with you all trying to get off of lexapro, I think it is the worst thing I have ever had to go through, it might even be worse than my panic attacks.....Good Luck

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I had taken Paxil 40mg for 4 years. I tried to stop them by tapering off. It failed horribly so..... So bad in fact the doctor put me on Lexapro 10mg to stop the withdrawal. I had taken Lexapro for 1 year and now need/needed off the Lexapro over insurance loss (our coverage ends Jan 1,2006) I cut down to 5mg a day for two and a half months. I tried taking them every other day to taper even more but found they just made me feel worse. Instead I quit taking them all together and slept for 48 hours with out interuption. To stay asleep I took Tylenol PM. I took only one in the 48 hours (about mid point... with me all I wanted to do anyway was sleep). It kept the headache and bodyache away while I slept. When I woke I had to deal with dizzyness and a feeling of "swooshing beans" in my head. When I was trying to overcome the Paxil withdrawal my doctor suggested 1(one) 25mg Meclizine every 4 (four) hours but only for a couple days. I decided to apply it to this Lexapro situation and it did work. I drink lots of water to "flush" my system. The last Lexapro I have taken is a little over two weeks ago. I am doing fine so far... keeping all OTCs to a minimum was the best way to go for me, along with a lot of sleep and water(and Patience!!). One other thing when it was all at its worst.... a prayer.... "By the blood of Jesus Christ, I am cleansed, healed, and protected! Amen" Scream it if you need to.... I did :)

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Use a high quality B complex supplement, and Neptune krill oil (if you are not allergic to shellfish) to help stop Lexapro withdrawals. It works great! I have come down off 20 mg down to 5 mg in the last three weeks and have only had mild fatigue and very mild dizziness. Take valerian root for anxiety......

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