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Please help! Having difficulty stopping lexapro

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Imaid18
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Hi everyone,

i started lexapro in mid september (5mg) and took that until mid october. Then i decided to increase to 10mg with the guidance from my doc. i was on 10mg for a week but didn't like the weight gain so i moved down to 5mg for a week and stopped it. This was mutual between me and my doc. I did not have any issues for the 1st week of stopping. But on the 9th day, i started experiencing brain fog and difficulty concentrating with sharp headaches. I just wanna lay down all the time. Is this normal? Im so scared. I don't feel good at all. My doc said you weaned off well and this is just anxiety. But its really bad. What should i do? Please help im freaking out!

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