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Old Jun 25, 2004, 12:37 PM
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Some drugs with have adverse reactions, actually all medication will with some people. Lexapo i'm as familiar with. But if you feel that this is something you don't want to be on for long term use you need to discuss it with your doctor. You therapist might want to keep you on it, there is a chance of crashing. When I went of my meds for 3 days before I Started new ones I crashed miserably. Plus we wanted to see how i'd react to no meds after being on it for 8 years. I'm likely going to have to be on meds for depression, gad and ptsd for the rest of my life, and now i'm ok with that because if it helps me then why not.

It's best to see how it goes and talk to your doctor. Some people can get off medication and feel fine, others like me will feel horrible without it.

Something to watch for.

One thing you should never ever do is stop taking medication without your doctor knowing or giving you the ok to do so, it can be potentially dangerous and could make you crash. You are feeling fine likely cause the meds are working. But the you will likely feel more anxious and depressed if you take yourself off it because your body will be withdrawling. I wouldn't reccomend doing that without your doctors ok.

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