No More Lexapro :/

[Coolasacucumber]

Hello hello,

I have been recently weaning off of my lexapro because I cannot currently afford my health insurance and can’t afford to pay for my prescription out of pocket (I will be applying for Medicaid/ACA Plan once the enrollment period opens up in November but until then)... SO! I panicked and chilled out and started thinking about tactile solutions to take physical control of my biology. So far so good. I wake up stretch, do 100 jumping jacks and 50 squats. I make my bed and go on. Completing routine tasks like that are helpful and I am producing serotonin right when I wake up! I eat plenty of leafy greens, drink a lot of water and even take Vitamin D and Magnesium to help my nerves. To be honest though I’m nervous (go figure) that this may not work out. Has anyone experienced going off medication successfully? I’ve only been on it 2 years. I have lived without it before, and maybe I can do it again, but I am scared. Depression and anxiety run in my family on both sides. In fact, my father killed himself a few months ago. I fortunately like being alive and haven’t experience sucidal ideation in a long time. Any personal stories, advice would be very appreciated.

Xoxo,

CoolAsACucumber

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coolasacucumber

Sorry for your loss of your father.

I was on antidepressants for about a year. I went off medication before for a yr. I went back on it about a yr ago. My depression & anxiety was effecting my work & social life. Even with exercise, therapy, & eating healthy. With that said everyone is difference. Some natural things I have tried is Passion Flower supplements that helped for quite awhile. I have tried CBD oil once it decreased my anxiety enough for me go focus. I have also used Natural Vitality calm powder. Which magnesium it makes me a little to tired. I have been thinking about coming off my meds again. However I want to get to a place where I love myself, & anxiety isn't controlling my actions. A good support system & natural products to help chemical imbalance are important.

Hope this helps.

-Brianna

[Coolasacucumber in reply to Hidden]

Hi Briana,

Thank you for your recommendations and for sharing your struggles about anxiety and depression with me.

I have struggled with depression and anxiety for a long time, and only in the last few years have I gained the knowledge, language and education I needed in order to help myself and communicate my feelings and needs.

Learning how to love myself was also difficult, and learning how to love others in healthy ways was something I wanted to learn more about too. Some liberatory books that helped me were “Revolution From Within” by Gloria Steinem and of course “All About Love” by Bell Hooks. And thankfully I do have a strong support system that I was able to nurture better and grow with after getting on lexapro. But lexapro taught me a lot about who I really could be, and I hope I can be her and a better version of her as I move forward.

By the way I am also looking into CBD oil. And passion flower sounds good too!

You were so helpful.

Warmest Regards,

Kate

[Hidden in reply to Coolasacucumber]

Thank you for sharing. I will have to look at those books. I am having to learn how to love myself and looks like those will help :).

[Yuki6]

I had to talk with my doctor today because my insurance is over at the end of the month. He fortunately wrote me a 90 day prescription and showed me a website called good rx, you don’t have to have insurance to get your medicine and the prices are affordable. A 90 day script for my anxiety medicine was $15

[Marshall64]

Are you taking name brand or generic? The generic is pretty cheap. Try Good Rx like someone else suggested.

[Rpan]

Sounds like your doing great and have adapted a plan. I was off medication for a while and did great. Yes it was lexapro also. Many have come off successfully, reality is most get little relief with antidepressants, so being off meds is ideal. Keep up the good work.

[Coolasacucumber]

Hey THANK YOU! I felt like I was kicking ass lol my own ass in a posi way