I have been taking Lexapro (10mg) for about 6 months now, it has made me gained a huge amount of weight and has made me extremely lazy. I moved to bristol (England) and the doctor here says he cant prescribe lexapro because its expensive and also because its not helping me. He has prescribed 70mg Lofepramine. I have ONLY 4 tablets of Lexapro left how do i wean myself off of them? and what time of the day do I have to take Lofepramine? Do I stop taking Lexapro before starting Lofepramine? or I should start while weaning myself off of lexapro?

Also, please share your experiences with Lofepramine. Does it make you less lazy? does it help you concentrate and do things? weight gain or loss? does it control obsessiveness?

Thank you so very much!