Posted by ana67 on September 22, 2004, at 10:43:21
In reply to Re: Please Help Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, posted by Waki on September 21, 2004, at 18:41:35
What are the w/d symptoms? Maybe I have had them and just don't know it ... I went off Tegretol and lexapro at the same time. I was actually better in some respects on days I didn't take Tegretol ... I eventuallly went to every other day, one dose a day ... then every two ... then done. I noticed on days I took tegretol, my face and extremities puffed up or my ankles were swollen, and I felt nauseated. The other days, I was OK. I would've just quit completely cold turkey but was afraid of seizing.
On the Lexapro ..., I was only on 5 mg once a day, and I sometimes forgot to take it anyway. When I went off the tegretol, the lexapro induced mania, and my doc said to stop it. I asked if there was any w/d to expect and he said "no." And I didn't notice any. I just quit taking it. Maybe because he told me not to expect anything, I didn't look for anything?
I have gone on taper doses before, not expecting problems, though, and they have found me. So, I just wondered what Lexapro was doing to folks?
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