[sortakinda]

I have been on Lexapro for a couple of months for anxiety issues related to my job. I am not happy with the medication. I am having all the usual side effects one finds when hunting on the internet. I am even, for the first time, experiencing a sort of depression. Which is mega strange because the medication should also treat depression! I think it might be because I am a youngish adult (early 20's).

Anyway, I want to stop taking the medication. I know I should contact my doctor, but the doctor is amazingly difficult to contact. The front desk insists I meet with the doctor, but they can't make an appointment for a long time. I wish I could just speak with the doctor for a moment to clear up any issues.

I am frustrated and just want my life back so I can enjoy it. I would like to feel things again. I would also like a regular bowel movement!

So I've been wondering about splitting my pills in half in order to begin weening myself off this wicked medication. Is this safe and rational? I do not want to be acting on some side effect impulse, but I feel like I really need this crap out of my system.

I have never been on anything like this before and I feel like all my anxiety issues are void because I am no longer at this job.

[suec]

Keep calling the doctor, be a pest! I know you need to wean off this stuff but not sure what the procedure is, sorry. But if you can't get in to see your doctor then find another one. Really this is just not acceptable. Tell the front desk it is an emergency, and your mood is getting worse and you're afraid.
I took Lexapro for maybe a month it made me insane. I mean all I did was scream and yell. It was horrible.

[Pomegranate]

I agree with suec. Keep calling the doctor's office. Tell them what is going on. Tell them you are thinking of going of the meds on your own if you don't at least get to talk with him soon.

My husband is on lexapro and it has been wonderful for him. I know different drugs work differently on different people. I'm on zoloft (and abilify), it's been wonderful for me, but it seems to take a good month or two before all the bad stuff - side effects - die down and get under control and all the full benefits, all the good stuff the drug can do, is in full effect. Keep trying to get to talk to your doctor!