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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 132691" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Heather, it does depend somewhat on how sensitive in general you are to medications. We recently tried to reduce my daughter A's Lexapro from 7.5 mg to 5 mg (a totally acceptable decrease), and she suffered withdrawal effects (headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue). So we bumped her up to 6.25 mg (I do a lot of tablet splitting here) and the withdrawal effects disappeared. A's psychiatrist says she is supremely sensitive to medications, and any medication increases/decreases should be done slower/lower than the literature indicates.</p><p> </p><p>Our psychiatrists have told us that most ADs poop out over time so sometimes you do need to increase them or switch to another AD. But if you're not feeling depressed, I'm not sure that's what's at play here.</p><p> </p><p>How do you sleep during the night? When A started taking Lexapro, she was waking up at 3 am. We added in Zyrtec (her allergy medication that causes sleepiness) and that helped the problem. My brother takes Lexapro as well and reports sleep disturbance if he doesn't time his Lexapro right every day.</p><p> </p><p>You've been through a lot in the last year or so, and I'd be suspicious that the fatigue is due to a physical problem that hasn't yet been identified. I know you're going through a lot of diagnostic stuff -- is it possible to wait that out to possibly discover the cause of your fatigue?</p><p> </p><p>Just my many rambling thoughts on this Sunday morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 132691, member: 2423"] Heather, it does depend somewhat on how sensitive in general you are to medications. We recently tried to reduce my daughter A's Lexapro from 7.5 mg to 5 mg (a totally acceptable decrease), and she suffered withdrawal effects (headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue). So we bumped her up to 6.25 mg (I do a lot of tablet splitting here) and the withdrawal effects disappeared. A's psychiatrist says she is supremely sensitive to medications, and any medication increases/decreases should be done slower/lower than the literature indicates. Our psychiatrists have told us that most ADs poop out over time so sometimes you do need to increase them or switch to another AD. But if you're not feeling depressed, I'm not sure that's what's at play here. How do you sleep during the night? When A started taking Lexapro, she was waking up at 3 am. We added in Zyrtec (her allergy medication that causes sleepiness) and that helped the problem. My brother takes Lexapro as well and reports sleep disturbance if he doesn't time his Lexapro right every day. You've been through a lot in the last year or so, and I'd be suspicious that the fatigue is due to a physical problem that hasn't yet been identified. I know you're going through a lot of diagnostic stuff -- is it possible to wait that out to possibly discover the cause of your fatigue? Just my many rambling thoughts on this Sunday morning. [/QUOTE]
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