Lexamil 20 Mg Side Effects Im Leaving It Today

Hi. I'm female 27 years and used lexamil for 3 years since my second baby due to severe depression. I gained 10kg's in the first 3 months and it made me feel better. I could at least work and function a bit better. It only started getting better now. I have today decided not to take it any more. It's just too expensive and makes me gain weight and I feel so sleepy all the time since I have been taking it. I sometimes feel off balance. If I stop taking it I start to stare into space lol. But I am going to try it once again, with people monitoring my behaviour if they see I need to take it again. I want to take control of my life again. Lose the weight and cope on my own. I feel terrible today, I feel nauseous! But guess what....my emotions are fine! I noticed after leaving it on the third day I get crazy. I get suicidal and want to kill every one... So this time I want to make it work to stop forever! I hope my experiment helps others who also want to leave this medication. So nausea is the only side effect today(day one)

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If you stopped taking it abruptly, without tapering off of it, then please be very careful, doing that can cause rebound effects, such as the suicidal feelings that you've experienced before.

That is why these types of medications are normally tapered slowly.

Learn more Lexamil details here.

Have you tried seeking medical assistance?

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Hi Vervon.

It is day three.
Yesterday was perfect. I had soooo much energy and cleaned a storm. Everything I touched was cleaned haha. Then today, I am still feeling fine. No mood swings......nothing. In fact, I feel 100 percent better. I stayed up late.... And even finished chores at would normally be very difficult to mentally focus on. This is only with me and I am sure others might take it differently since everyone's state of mind is different.

I agree, it can be very dangerous. I have left it before and the results was horrific and it took me another year to recover fully again. And no....the doctor..my doctor will be very upset with me if I tell her I stopped. She said no way am I allowed to do this without her....so I'm kind of keeping it to myself.

This time I have made one difference in my decision, I realized I worked through most issues and feelings. I got plugged in at the most wonderful church and this time I prayed for God to help me. It is irresponsible I know, and God gave us doctors to help us. But I need to be delivered from this imbalance. And I know my God can do it. He heals far worse cases. ANy case that's just my opinion lol.

I can't tell you how great I feel. I laugh at myself, I am happy and have a very happy hubby as everything is as if I am my old self again. He is definitely aware to look for all signs of depression or irrational behavior.

I don't have any more headaches, but very off balance and a bit nauseous again. Other than that I feel so happy and energetic is not even the word.

So far so good.
Thank you for the advice I appreciate it!
Regards
Rene

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Day four. Nt unusually emotnal or out of control. Just extremely off balance today. Worse than yesterday. When I look a different direction I feel like falling over. Other than that, I am feeling very energetic and not so worried about food either. I usually feel like death if I don't eat every two hours. I now forget to eat and need to force it. Which is more than wonderful.

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Still going. Everything was fine,then I got the news of my beloved granny. She had a heart attack, and is in CCU... She raised me. I went to the hospital. Today still feeling off balance. It was traumatic and exhausting. I went to the shop downstairs in the hosp. I tried buying a coke. It took me 15 minutes! I took one and let it fall. I feel very confused and can't concentrate. Took another one to buy and the one that fell to give to the owner to settle first before someone else buys it. I forgot which one fell... I just tout this is ridiculous and put both back and took another one. I gave the money, just holding the note. Trying to find my way back upstairs....got side tracked....forgot where I was.... Got scared that I would forget more things... Eventually got back to the CCU upstairs. Feeling like dying and bursting out about everything that is wrong and just felt like caving in. I asked hubby to come fetch me. I feel like everything is shaking inside my body and my hands...feel like I will let everything fall. I tried, I am not sure if I can do this. My emotions aren't the problem, it's the fact that I feel scared I will forget things and get into situations that might be dangerous. The off balance and forgetfulness is getting to me seriously. I will stop my none sense and rather taper off it as God gave us brains...what was I thinking!!! Definitely not strong enough to do this I think.... This drug can't be good for you if it's so hard getting off it. So back to square one I suppose lol. Silly me. Just for info to others: I feel rather ok emotionally. Fearing I might forget who I am that's how bad the forgetfulness felt today. Shaking feeling inside. Off balance as in literally falling over and CAN'T DRIVE AT ALL. Feeling like dying. Very confused. Can't work with money or make decisions. So in other words for any other idiot that wants to do it my intelligent way: DO NOT DO IT! TAPER OFF AND THAT'S IT! I thought I was so strong, and focused on emaotional part, forgetting the physical part. So we learn haha

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Hi Rene, im just curious to find out if you managed to get off Lexamil by tapering off and if so, what side effects did you experience?

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What other medication is there that i can take, besides Lexamil.

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