How long do the withdrawal symptoms of Lexapro last?

Answer 1

I was on Prozac, then celexa, then Lexapro. My memory had become terrible. It was acutally kind of scary. I seriously thought I had the start of Alzheimers, but my doctor said it was the drug celexa, so she put me on Lexapro because of less side affects. My memory improved, but not 100% so I decided to go off of Lexapro. I took 10 mg a day, I cut it in half for about six weeks, then cut it in half again and planned on taking that for about six weeks. I ended up missing a dose two days in a row so decided to just go off of it. I have had some side effects. I feel something like a swooping feeling in my head. I also do get dizzy. For the dizziness and the swooping feeling, I have been taking Dramamine, an over the counter motion sickness pill, which helps. The only down fall with that is, they make you very tired. I would think, if you take one every day, your body would get use to it and the tiredness would go away. I only take them when I feel I will really need it...when the dizziness is bad.

Hope this helps someone.

To add to the answer above, which I can't improve, I just wanted to say "Thanks" for the suggestion to use Dramamine for the dizziness. I had toyed with the idea, but since it worked for you, I'm definitely going to give it a try while I still have some residual dizziness! BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!