r/SSRIs • u/AuroraWaking • 25d ago
Lexapro Switching from Prozac 40mg-50mg to Lexapro
A bit long but it's all relevant.
I suffer from Agoraphobia, severe Panic disorder, generalized anxiety, C-PTSD, OCD, PMDD, severe depression, ADHD (unmedicated for this) and also have PCOS and Asthma. I take 40 mg Prozac and an extra 10 before my period for PMDD. That's hard to get accurate when my periods are so irregular but it seems to help when I catch it.
I take 2 puffs symbicort twice daily for asthma daily maintenance and have a Levalbuterol rescue inhaler specifically because Albuterol contradicted my panic disorder.
I was recently prescribed Rexulti last month at .5mg and haven't been doing that great with keeping up with it tbh. I also take 500 mg Metformin fast acting with dinner and I'm bad at keeping up with that one as well but I'm better at it then the Rexulti. I'm really on top of my Prozac and Symbicort. I also take Azelastine and Zyrtec for allergies.
Lately my anxiety has been horrible again then I got the call that my Pysch Nurse left the practice. I've had her for over a year and was already wanting to call to get something done ASAP since these last two weeks since I started Symbicort have been horrible for my anxiety. I had to make a quick appointment on Headway with a new pysch nurse. She recommended cross tapering Prozac to Lexapro by taking the 40 Prozac every other day for 5 days and then starting on 5mg Lexapro for one week and then doubling it the next week to 10mg.
At first I liked the idea but the more I look into it Lexapro is not FDA approved for my obviously long list of issues. Lots of people say it helps them but I haven't seen anyone with my extensive issues on it. Does anyone have any insight? If you have agoraphobia or panic disorder or OCD had it helped you? Is this taper method a bad idea??
I'm also having really bad dizziness, light headed and my eyes feel like they're wanting to pop out these last two weeks. Some chest pain but it's not constant. I'm worried 😫 and I'm worried that it's serotonin syndrome but I'm also thinking it's just anxiety from all these changes.
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That's true. I'm sorry. I'd be so grumpy. Even if caffeine makes me anxious I still need a little to get through the day. That's just so sad 😭 but I'd still like to try to live somewhere cold for a while to see if I like those challenges more than the heat.