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Tapering from Effexor to Lexapro. Need help pls.

Posted by Colleen D. on December 2, 2005, at 18:55:53

My doc and I think that my muscle spasms and back problems *could* be related to the 300mg of Effexor I'm on. I've been at 300mg for one month, and I took 150mg for about a year and a half.

I am going to try Lexapro and wonder how long I should taper down from Effexor and then add the Lexapro. I have 2 start-up packs of Effexor each containing (7) 75mg caps and (7) 37.5mg caps.

This is what I'm thinking:
225mg for one week, 150mg for one week, 75 for one week and start the 10mg Lexapro here, then one or two weeks of 37.5mg.

Does this sound like a reasonable plan? I know I've read here before that adding a SSRI like Prozac when discontinuing Effexor can be very helpful.

Thanks,
Colleen

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