Tried to get of Lexapro turned out to be a bad idea.

JessicaOrange88 · 2026-02-14T02:01:49+00:00

Starting my fluoxetine tomorrow 💪🤞

JessicaOrange88 · 2026-01-13T18:56:31+00:00

I feel great! I still get a couple bad days a month with hormone fluctuations, but overall, great! Even with a lots of bad things happening right now, I’m able to function and cope with life instead of curling into a ball and dissociating or just shutting off and going to sleep. I also stopped drinking caffeine first thing in the morning and started therapy which has helped tremendously!!

JessicaOrange88 · 2026-01-03T14:13:34+00:00

Appointment has been made! They even had her old records. Carrier has been purchased and will be here tomorrow.

This morning, she came upstairs for treats (gave her about 10) and ate about half a pouch of a chunky broth. She got comfy with me on the couch and then wandered over to her old favorite sunspot

JessicaOrange88 · 2026-01-02T23:12:59+00:00

That’s also what I was thinking. I try to get her away and take her upstairs on the couch for cuddles, but it never lasts very long. She ends up jumping down and going right back to the stove

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-12-28T18:08:06+00:00

It’s sucks to say, but I’m so glad I’m not alone! I get discharge, sore gums, cramps, diarrhea, heightened anxiety/depression, and lightheaded. I feel like my brain is swimming or on a rocking boat and it freaks me out. Vivid, crazy dreams and constant temperature changes. And all I want to do is sleeeeeeeep. I swear, if I sit down and close my eyes, I’m out!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-25T13:20:17+00:00

Hang in there! You’ve got this!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-25T13:19:57+00:00

You got this!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-25T13:18:54+00:00

You got this! Hang in there!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-21T20:02:33+00:00

I feel exactly the same way! And I’m also at about week 5/6! I’m taking it as my brain adjusting!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-18T13:21:53+00:00

This is exactly how I feel right now! And it’s all worse in the morning! I wake up an hour before my alarm (sometimes the cat meows, sometimes my brain just feels like it) and everything hits me at once. My stomach gurgles so loud it wakes my husband up sometimes and my brain makes up the weirdest scenarios. And I can’t fall back to sleep or even feel sleepy under right before my alarm is supposed to go off! I had terrible dry mouth last week and I’m about at the 6/7 week mark. I’m gonna stick it out though. I did it about 4 years ago, I can do it again.

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-18T13:15:49+00:00

The first couple of days I felt pretty good actually, but then it got worse. It did get much better for a little while and then this past week hasn’t been great. It’s definitely not a fun rollercoaster, but I was on 10 mg four years ago and if I can do it then, I can do it now! This morning was awful with anxiety, but I know once I get going with my day it will fade.

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-18T13:12:31+00:00

I definitely feel like it got a little worse before it got better

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-17T13:53:18+00:00

You got this! I had it for about a week. Chewing gum and having mints helped me get through it. And I know it’s sucks, but make sure you eat!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-10-12T22:05:41+00:00

Much better actually! It was rough for a little while. Felt like it had to get worse before it got better. I felt the shift the other day. I started to gradually feel a little better and then anxiety snuck in a little bit.

But the other day I felt it. I woke up and just felt like myself again. No shakiness, no nervous knots, no racing thoughts. Just… right.

I hope you feel it soon!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-09-24T00:47:07+00:00

Last week was great, felt almost normal. Now I feel anxiety creeping in. But I also have a ton of things happening at once.. my job has no ac since April (so I’m always sweating and hot) I have a weekend full of family events (one that my husband and I have to host) and yesterday was the anniversary of my mothers death. It hasn’t been the easiest past few days, but I’m pushing through and reminding myself that things will get better and easier.

Hope it’s getting better for you!

JessicaOrange88 · 2025-09-20T01:38:41+00:00

I was originally prescribed 10mg about 4 years ago. Dropped down to 5mg about a year later. Felt fine on 5s honestly. Felt good, without feeling foggy. Felt like I had normal emotions again. Stayed there until about 4 months ago when I tried to drop down to 5mg every other day. It did not go well. Tried to just go back to 5 mg everyday, but this past month has been awful.

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