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Posted by celticmom on December 11, 2004, at 14:07:06
My DH "switched" from Paxil to Lexapro 6 weeks ago. He didn't have time to taper, so his pdoc recommended this approach. He had a rough couple of days, but after that things seemed fine. Now all of a sudden he has been getting headaches for the last week and has felt "panicky" for the past two days. He also has experienced dizziness and body aches/chills.
His pdoc said she doesn't believe that the headaches or flu symptoms are caused by paxil withdrawal because it has been so long since he stopped. She increased his Lexapro to 30mg to see if that helps control his anxiety.
His BP is fine, I was concerned because he is taking two meds for high BP and I was afraid that something was driving it up.
While it is possible he has a "bug", I doubt it since the symptoms seem to come and go (i.e. He was fine on Tuesday, but sick again on Wed).
Could it be that the headaches etc are withdrawal symptoms from the Paxil? Or an adverse reaction to the Lexapro?
Does anyone have any experience switching from one SSRI to another? Any input or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, CM
Posted by Emily Elizabeth on December 11, 2004, at 16:09:52
In reply to paxil to lexapro swith - latent side effects?, posted by celticmom on December 11, 2004, at 14:07:06
I did a similar switch from Paxil to Prozac (no taper, just a substitution). However, I had bad side effects about a week afterwards. I would think that it would be the same for your husband if he was going to have probs switching.
EE
Posted by theo on December 12, 2004, at 7:09:41
In reply to paxil to lexapro swith - latent side effects?, posted by celticmom on December 11, 2004, at 14:07:06
First of all, if he is taking Lexapro for anxiety, in mine and even doctors opinion, Lexapro is very anxiety inducing. I actually switched from Paxil to Lexapro and thought I was having Paxil withdrawal, but after 12 weeks on Lexapro, I still had so much anxiety I was scared to do anything.
The only reason I switched was because Lexapro was new and I thought it would be worth a try for me, big mistake!
I think Lexapro is a good antidepressant if you have no anxiety, but for anxiety it's horrible. What's funny is Celexa worked good for me when I tried it a while back. How Lexapro and Celexa are similar is beyond me.
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