Experience with Escitalopram (Lexapro)

[Joseph46]

I am curious to know if anyone has been taking this medication for long term (10 years here). If so what has your experience been like?

I was weaned off the medication 90 days ago and now I find my anxiety and intrusive thoughts are back (the reason I initially started the medication).

I am not liking the idea of taking this for the rest of my life but now I am wondering if I should….

Just posting to see what anyone else’s experience has been like.

[kenster1]

Hi I watched a brilliant programme about our meds and the advice was withdraw over a period of years rather than days weeks or even months more so that you had been on them 10 years. I`m no medical expert but this programme said most of the time that a recurrence of anxiety and depression is down to the medication itself and not a new wave brought on by something else. I`m on mirtazapine back up to 15mg and that`s been for over a year but maybe at the end of this year I`ll go down again. always discuss it with your doctor but don`t let them push you into staying on them make that decision for yourself.

[14566787]

This is withdrawal symptoms not your original condition coming back. I'm going thru the same but I'm off citalopram I have decided to start taking a very dose to see if it helps my symptoms