Re: Coming off (Cipralex) Escitalopram
Been off escitalopram for five days. Just stopped taking them, no gradual reduction. Was on 20mg. Been taking them for 18months. Feel full of energy, sleeping well, just the odd little electric shock feeling. Must be the right time for me. So glad i have done it as i was tired all the time and putting on weight. Tried a while ago and just got really weepy. Best of luck x
Re: Coming off (Cipralex) Escitalopram
Do not cut it off. It is my psychiatrist who said that. Reduce slowly.
Re: Coming off (Cipralex) Escitalopram
Well I was put on Cipralex about two years ago for anxiety (not health related) they really helped BUT they caused me to put on loads of weight. I decided before Christmas that I would come off them, as, to be honest, I am normally a happy go lucky extrovert.
I started by cutting one tablet in to quarters (no mean feat I can tell you) so instead of taking 15mgs I was taking about 14mgs. I took this for about a month then reduced the amount to 12.5 mgs and so on. I am now on 5mgs and soon I am going to go down to about 3.5 mgs (I hope) until eventually zero.
I wanted to do it this way so that it is not such a shock to the system when the medication is no longer there.
Re: Coming off (Cipralex) Escitalopram
For god's sake don't stop em' suddenly!
Re: Coming off (Cipralex) Escitalopram
For god's sake don't stop cipralex suddenly without your doc's advice!
Re: Coming off (Cipralex) Escitalopram
I was on 10mg for 5 years and took myself off by only taking one every second day for 2 weeks then went cold turkey.
Had head zaps for a week or 2 but apart from that was fine.
Good luck with it
Phill :shades: