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ninalovestoes

Stopped lexapro after 4 days - withdrawal? Things are worse.

Some clarification before I start: i was taking 10mg, I have a follow up with my pcp tomorrow morning, I went to the er a few night ago when I first stopped due to panic and nit being able to sleep.. he didn't really run any tests just did a normal check over me as well as gave me zofran and a xanax...

I have a referral sent out for behavioral health tomorrow see the psychiatrist and for therapy but the wait is really long, I have really terrible health anxiety (possible OCD) along with mommy burnout and depression.

So i was on lexapro for about 4 days. I called my doctor (well the doc on call because it was a sunday) and asked if I could stop because it was horrible.. i was having terrible panic attacks (alot of the time waking me from my sleep), barely getting to sleep at all, palpations, nausea, could not eat at all, a burning sensation down my back alot with sweating in bed.. things were just all around HORRIBLE and I could not do it anymore..

Its been about 5? Days now since I stopped and alot of those things have cleared up - ive been able to sleep (tho it has been poor its still something), ive been able to eat (still not a whole lot and im still nauseas most of the time but I was getting almost no calories in before and lost a large amount of weight in just the 4 days), no waking up in panic, no burning or night sweats...

The issue is im still not me and still feel worse than I did before I even started the lexapro at all... idk if its even possible to withdraw after a short time like that but idk what else this may be?

I am still experiencing - palpations through the day, muscle aches (to be fair ive only been either laying in my bed or pacing my house the past few days), some right sides face numbness / tingling, heavy eyes, nausea, poops (idk if id say diarrhea but I dont have a gallbladder so if you know what it looks like to poop without a gallbladder its kinda like that very loose, yellow and fatty), brain fog, no desire to do anything at all really, and bouts of anxiety / low grade panic...

Has anyone else dealt with something like this? Is this me forever now? Like I said im going to my doc tomorrow...

Posted Aug 13, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC

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