I felt the same way. It took me 3 months to wean myself off that monster of a drug and now, 3 months on, have moderate to severe depression, crying etc , This is something that I didn't have to this extent before I was started on Lexapro. I have increased my Vit. B, magnesium and also take Fusion Stress and Anxiety tabs. These help somewhat but I can't wait to pass through this cycle.
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I have been on Lexapro for over 7 years for anxiety and always ran into the brain zaps and dizziness if I didn't take it for 2-3 days. I tried going off of it by tapering off and only made it about 5 days before going back to 20mg. However, for the past couple of months, I have been very erratic in taking it. Maybe every few days sometimes ans sometimes everyday. Finally, last week, my prescription ran out and I realized after a few days that I had to get my doctor to call in a refill. So, now it has been about 8 days and I have only had a half of a 20mg that I managed to find about 5 days ago. I am still waiting for my refill but now I figure that I have already gone this long, I may as well keep going. I will probably take about 10mg when I get my refill just to take thie edge off and then no more. I definitely have dizziness, confusion, malaise, and brain zaps. However, I am in a zone that I haven't been I'm for a long time. That is, I am OK with these side-effects and I am not acting like a jerk like I usually do when I don't take the Lexapro. The strangest thing is, I want to cry at things that are not sad at all. I know this is the withdrawal so I am OK with it. I'm even a big "tough guy", lol. But hell, after 7 years of Lexapro numbing my feelings, it is actually kind of nice to feel so authentically again. I'm not going back on that Lexapro garbage again.
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I went through a bad time with my withdrawals (stopped 22nd January after a slow reducing of the dosage - 1/2 for 3 weeks, 1/4 for 3 weeks then 1/4 every 2nd day then stopped) but now (3 months later) I feel so much better being without it. Crying and anger is a part of it plus some depression and that has tapered off too. The brain zaps are still present but I do have Tinnitus which gives the same affect if stressed. Persist and seek help from a psychologist if necessary. You sound as if you are half way there anyway. Good luck.
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I've managed to reduce from 20mg to 15mg with no symptoms, but then had to start halving/quatering tablets to 12.5mg, to 10mg in order not to experience symptoms. This I did over a about 1-2 years.
I attempted to get to 7.5mg by halving/quatering tablets again but experienced depersonalisation, headaches, nausea, light sensitivity, and spine pain. I went back to 10mg to get rid of the symptoms.
Since then I have looked into the best way to withdraw from lexapro. What I have discovered is the 10% rule.
To withdraw, you should reduce the dosage by 10%.
e.g. If you are on 10mg, the next lowest dosage to try should be 9mg.
This is tricky to do with tablets because they often crumble and the halves aren't equal. So I got a prescription for liquid lexapro, which you can measure via a dropper or a syringe and then drink with water/apple juice/orange juice. This has worked pretty well for me so far - I have moved from 10mg down to 3.5mg, changing dosage per month mostly, and going down really small amounts so that I can avoid experiencing symptoms.
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This is not fun
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