Zoloft to Lexapro...

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Hey, all.

So, my doctor thinks I should switch from 50mg of Zoloft per day to

20mg of Lexapro for panic and anxiety (and unofficially for avoidant

personality disorder). For the most part, he said it's because the

Lexapro is less likely to give me the sexual side effects of Zoloft.

Has anyone done this? The doctor said that I could just replace the

50mg of Zoloft with 10mg of Lexapro for the first week and gave me a

7-day sample. He wrote the prescription for 20mg and said that I

should do the first week at 10 (using the sample) then upgrade after

a week to the 20mg. Sorry for all the detail, but I just wanna be

accurate. Anyway, has anyone made this switch? Should I expect

to be out of it? Is this a really bad idea, or is it OK? While I

want to get better, I don't want to go through a week

of simultaneous Zoloft-withdrawal and Lexapro-acclimatization...

Any info is appreciated, though I started this regimen before most of

you will read this.

Thanks,

TE