I was on Lexapro for about 6 months prior to quitting cold turkey about 4-5 days ago. I was out of my prescription, needed to refill it, and questioning whether or not I should continue taking it at all... The withdrawal symptoms took a while to onset and so it snuck up on me when I started feeling very strange and getting the "brain zaps" yesterday and today. I think I'd like to continue taking lexapro now but I dont know how to go about it. Should I start taking my regular 10m dose as usual or take a 5m and build back up like i did when I first began? Will the withdrawal symptoms go away? Will the medicine take affect as normal or will it take longer? Anything else I should expect?
Thanks a lot:)