Trying to Stop Lexapro

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I started Lexapro in August and I definitely became more mellow…

NOTHING bothered me anymore. My husband and 9 yr old son call it

my " happy pill " and want me to keep taking it! BUT, I just can't

take the sleepiness anymore… I switched to taking the 10 mg pill at

night/bedtime but I just have still been dragging through each day

and taking naps (I have NEVER been a napper). I don't work, and

instead of being happier and getting more done around the house, I

have become a couch potato and have gained 10 pounds in 3 months. I

want to get off this stuff! After getting up and driving carpool, I

want to go back to bed! How does anyone work a 40 hr week on this

drug? I'd pass out at my desk.

The last 2 nights I've broken my pill in ½ and I still seem happy and

no mood swings/hormonal craziness have come back. Today I wasn't

tired AT ALL in the afternoon and ran 4 errands straight.

I'm hoping to get off completely so I can lose this weight and not be

mood-swingy…

Has anyone GOTTEN OFF Lexipro and been " healed " from a life of stress

and mood swings.? By the way, I'm 46 and going through menopause, so

a lot of my problems could be from that.

thx,

marylee

texas